Judge throws out some charges against lottery-thieving brothers

Comment #29

Ronnie316 — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:54:59 GMT

If it turns out they have legal right to the ticket, the state will pay.

Comment #28

savagegoose — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:35:02 GMT

ok so judge says they wont get charged because of statute of limitations. on the thft,. but ity doesnt mean the lottery will pay them the money. surely they have a duty to not pay it out to the wrong people. and i cn see a case for not paying these guys.

Comment #27

Ronnie316 — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:22:42 GMT

Comment #26

helpmewin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:55:53 GMT

Comment #25

rdgrnr — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:28:18 GMT

Well alrighty then (I think).

Comment #24

helpmewin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:14:40 GMT

Comment #23

Ronnie316 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:10:30 GMT

He was a crack addict and they gave him $4000. for his ticket. I think it was fair.

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Comment #20

jamella724 — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:31:02 GMT

I hope the true winner got his money. It's depressing to know that there are some people will do terrible things to steal money.

Comment #19

Bumkillah — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:21:57 GMT

Was this guy that got ripped off a old black guy

Comment #18

Bumkillah — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:16:11 GMT

I never trust them cashiers they are dIrty. I always make sure what amount I won. I also sign my power ball mega mills super lotto plus. That dude should of signed his ticket btw should of went to the nearest lottery office anything over 600 u won't get cash anyways u have to send it to the lottery via snail mail

Or take it in person to the lottery office then get the check in the mail

Or pick it up @ the lottery office. they need to be in prison for along time

Comment #17

noise-gate — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:09:08 GMT

Not so lucky: $1m lottery winner left empty-handed after shop worker pockets his prize

By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE

UPDATED: 03:49 EST, 23 October 2009

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A shop worker pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and left town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said.

Police have seized more than $365,000 deposited in banks by Pankaj Joshi, a University of Texas at Arlington student who left his job at a Grand Prair... [ More ]

Comment #16

rdgrnr — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:31:18 GMT

All of it

Comment #15

Ronnie316 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:14:59 GMT

Yeah, the doper already said he knew it was a $5 million ticket when he handed it to the guy. He accepted the $4000. in cash and if the clerks would have been smart enough to cash in the ticket while the doper was busy doping up his $4k we would have never heard about this story.

Comment #14

Nikkicute — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:20:07 GMT

Yes, I think he did get his money.

Comment #13

HaveABall — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:03:24 GMT

... yet the $5M (or whatever remains after already paid Fed and State Income Taxes, court fees, lawyer fees, $4K already paid, etc.) shouldn't go to these cruelly scheming brother's heirs, it should go to the original ticket holder.

Comment #12

Jon D — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:49:29 GMT

If they wait that long, there's something wrong.

Yeah, I just made that one up, glad you liked it

Comment #11

Nikkicute — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:23:41 GMT

lol I like these crime rhymes!!

if you do the crime, you do the time

If they wait that long, there's something wrong.

if the glove don't fit you must a quit!! oj simpson trial

Comment #10

helpmewin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:40:29 GMT

i don't know what to think

Comment #9

th19940305 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:07:52 GMT

Didnt see anything about this, but has the real winner got any of his cash yet

Comment #8

Jon D — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:01:56 GMT

What's also crazy is that NY has that $500,000,000 Extravaganza scratch-off game that ran for 5 years, alowing for someone to claim a win 6 years later, a year after the end date.

Our scratch games in CA only run around a year or less, and then you have 180 days to claim after end date.

That long time between purchase and claim just screams fraud. Like that Hot Lotto incident a while back claimed by the lawyer hours before deadline.

If they wait that long, there's something wrong.... [ More ]

Comment #7

jeffrey — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:01:28 GMT

and that makes it okay? i hope they get nibbled to death by geese.

Comment #6

Ronnie316 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:12:36 GMT

If the crack-head accepted $4000. in cash, I think he gave up his right to the ticket.

Comment #5

ShowMeTheMoney$ — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:31:58 GMT

I hope the real winner gets the money. $5 million is a lot to lose. It is odd that these two brothers waited on the ticket for over 5 years. Maybe, they thought that they could get the winnings legally then and not be challenged.

Comment #4

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:15:48 GMT

I hope they are convicted what's the old saying if you do the crime you do the time .

Comment #3

savagegoose — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:13:40 GMT

i hope they get the max term and no cash.

Comment #2

Original Bey — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:40:45 GMT

So let me make sure I have this correct. It's the District Attorney who is attempting to circumvent the statue by establishing that this criminal activity continued into 2011 and not the two brothers who as a part of their criminal conspiracy deliberately waited it out until that so called statue expired to cash in a ticket they stole.

Comment #1

sully16 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:44:26 GMT

It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out in court, I hope the jury does the right thing, I also have to wonder what evidence will be excluded from testimony.

Judge throws out some charges against lottery-thieving brothers

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:35:11 GMT

An Onondaga County Court judge who dismissed attempted grand larceny charges against two brothers accused of stealing a winning $5 million lottery ticket in 2006 ruled the crime was beyond the statute of limitations.

Judge Joseph Fahey upheld other charges brought against Andy Ashkar, 34, and Nayel Ashkar, 36, who are accused of taking a scratch-off lottery ticket from a customer at their father's convenience store on Oct. 27, 2006.

Prosecutors contended that because the brothers waited to... [ More ]