Stolen lotto ticket earns max sentence

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A former auto dealership manager convicted of possessing an apartment complex maintenance worker's winning $5 million New York lottery ticket was sentenced Tuesday to up to 25 years in prison by a judge who cited his "rapacious greed."

Told him the ticket was worth $5000.

Offered 4 thousand for a 5 million ticket. And they charged him a $1000 handling fee!


http://news.yahoo.com/ny-man-gets-maximum-stolen-171756851.html

This is the brothers accused of stealing the ticket.
Andy Ashkar and Nayal Ashkar:



It was a 49 year old Black man they ripped off:



Fascinating.

"Police and lottery officials said the Ashkar brothers convinced Miles, a maintenance worker at an apartment complex near the store, that the ticket was worth only $5,000 when Miles bought it in 2006. The brothers paid Miles $4,000, took a $1,000 handling fee, then waited until the ticket was about to expire before trying to claim the jackpot in 2012, prosecutors said.

Miles said he wasn't thinking clearly that day because he had been high on crack cocaine the night before. "


lol high on crack.

and u have 6yrs to claim a scratch off prize?!

how did the lottery catch them in the first place? and how they know Miles was the true owner?

Quote: 100xOdds

and u have 6yrs to claim a scratch off prize?!

For scratchoffs, it's often 6 months to one year after the game ends. Probably because they don't use anything to date scratchoff tickets.

The stupid thing was they made a big deal when they came forward, saying they held the ticket for 5 years because the one guy wanted to know if his girlfriend really loved him (and not just for the money) so he hid the ticket from her. This then became an "Awww" story on the news nationally ("Wow! He sacrificed the jackpot for years as a test of love!"), which probably is what made it easy for the scammed man to put the pieces together! I remember the story before it was a scam and the radio morning show was taking calls asking listeners if they would do that...

Wow this is ridiculous, but I'm glad they got such a harsh sentence. I saw a show about gas station (convenience store) owners like this before (yes not the exact same situation), made me sick.

With the guy admitting to crack usage, couldn't they have just lied about it? I fail to see how he can prove anything.

Quote: cclub79

The stupid thing was they made a big deal when they came forward, saying they held the ticket for 5 years because the one guy wanted to know if his girlfriend really loved him (and not just for the money) so he hid the ticket from her. This then became an "Awww" story on the news nationally ("Wow! He sacrificed the jackpot for years as a test of love!"), which probably is what made it easy for the scammed man to put the pieces together! I remember the story before it was a scam and the radio morning show was taking calls asking listeners if they would do that...

ahh.. so that's how they were caught.

but how were they convicted?!
it's their word vs a crackhead?

NYState lottery was bothered by alot of this stuff... their computers only say "winner" or "not a winner"... not too informative there.

Quote: EvenBob

It was a 49 year old Black man they ripped off: Fascinating.

And... the "hits" keep on coming!