NJ lottery winner is loser after prize seized

Comment #17

Gleno — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 17:57:50 GMT

As the NJ Lottery slogan says, Anything can happen in NJ and it does.

Crime does not pay.

Comment #16

Drenick1 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:50:39 GMT

Good point. Unless they have video evidence that he actually used the same funds from the redeemed ticket then the $10,000 belongs to him. I had read that after he was arrested he made the $1,500 cash bail so what's to say he used his own money to purchase the big winner and not the proceeds from the stolen ticket.

Comment #15

itpmguru — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 03:15:38 GMT

NOT AT ALL condoning what the crook did, guilty as charged (as long as there was video proof). But, what would the outcome have been if he had used money from his pocket to buy the winning tix instead of exchanging the stolen funds for the big winner?

Hmmmmm, fine line there for sure.

Comment #14

Raven62 — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 02:52:33 GMT

Comment #13

maringoman — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 00:48:15 GMT

This was actually a lucky thief. Most of the times when thieves steal lottery tickets, they usually steal losers.

Comment #12

SilverLion — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:12:03 GMT

Its a good thing that this fraudster name is not Chris Christie.

Otherwise he would have gotten away with it for good.

P.S.

What are scratchers doing on the counter anyway?

As SilverWolf would say.

Lets go to the Video Tape

Comment #11

pickone4me — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 20:27:53 GMT

Comment #10

mypiemaster — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:04:13 GMT

It is a great thing that these crooks get busted. If the lottery gods do not put that recovered money back into the pot, it stands to reason that they are just as crooked as the crook who ripped us the players off in the first place. The players lose either way.

Comment #9

TheGameGrl — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:09:32 GMT

so the ticket is void and the allocated winnings stay with the lottery. Sounds like the lottery made a bonus pocket money to retain. Interesting.

Comment #8

loonasee2 — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 17:44:23 GMT

Money can't bring you happiness , even stolen money......................lol

Comment #7

BellasBMWLucki — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 17:35:48 GMT

I hear ya RAVEN! lol

adios...

and GOOD LUCK NEW JERSEYANS with your #s tonight.

Off to my workout.

Comment #6

Raven62 — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:40:52 GMT

The truth is: You're Guilty until proved Innocent

Comment #5

noise-gate — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:41:10 GMT

No wonder NJ always wins. The Truth is Finally revealed.

Comment #4

BellasBMWLucki — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:19:58 GMT

i see it. and yes Red Stang, this is the issue, for some at hand... HOWEVER, he is entitle to a fair trial,encompassing the legal right to post his bail et.al,

either way,is not worth it,and those who do this allegedly what has done shall not be blessed in life. (again IF he really did it.) Just buy the tickets and try your luck it is much easier that way,be honest when playing,try your luck,Geez.

I know that area, i think in Middlesex County. Great people out there toward Dunel... [ More ]

Comment #3

cbr$ — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:19:46 GMT

WOW! He believe he could getting a way with this. This is just to bold. Good for the lottery, taking it back.

Comment #2

music* — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:58:27 GMT

Crime does not pay ! Great story, thanks What a tangled web one weaves when trying to deceive.

Comment #1

RedStang — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:58:37 GMT

What the story doesn't tell you is stupid was able to post a $1500 cash bail. https://local.nixle.com/alert/5429616

NJ lottery winner is loser after prize seized

Lottery Post — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:31:22 GMT

When is a $10,000 lottery winner a loser? When the funds used to purchase the $10,000 winning ticket are from a ticket the winner allegedly stole.

That s what David G. Rukhadze, 23, a borough resident, learned after he tried to collect a $10,000 prize on an instant lottery ticket after he allegedly used the $20 winnings from a stolen ticket to buy the winning one.

Around 1 p.m. June 5, Officer Sean Flanagan responded to the Acme Market, 125 Bound Brook Road, for a report of a theft of New