Lottery ticket thief gets prison term shortened

Comment #8

hearsetrax — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:55:57 GMT

at minimal he ought to pull at least 13 years

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luckyshoes — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 16:47:16 GMT

They'll be looking for another big ticket winner ...only next time they 'll feel a little more savvy to not get caught.

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Suzy-Dittlenose — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 04:42:53 GMT

He may even become traumatized to the point where he develops a phobia of lottery tickets....lol....

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DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:59:16 GMT

I just googled

Green Ale Market on East Fayette Street in Syracuse

Looks like the STUPID market the family owns is still open!!! I would have thought they would have been shut down or run out of town by the locals.

And I TOTALLY disagree with the comments that he will not do it again! It is VERY hard for anyone who tries this kind of thing to ever stop doing it. We will be reading about him soon after they get out.

Comment #4

wizeguy — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:38:27 GMT

It must be a scratchoff. I know in my state you have 180 days from the end of the game. Popular games can last a long time. They just print more tickets as needed.

Comment #3

TheGameGrl — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:04:28 GMT

The guy whom the ticket was taken, Or in this case handed over to redeem, was struggling with addiction.

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.

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Comment #2

noise-gate — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:33:43 GMT

..l seriously doubt he will ever pull this sort of thing again.

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:50:32 GMT

5 to 15 is still plenty of time for him to reflect on his transgressions.

Lottery ticket thief gets prison term shortened

Lottery Post — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 12:06:06 GMT

An appeals court shortened the prison term for lottery-ticket thief Andy Ashkar by at least three-and-a-half years, reducing a sentence imposed by a judge because it was unduly harsh and severe.

In a decision filed on Friday, the Supreme Court Appellate Division's Fourth Judicial Department shortened Ashkar's total sentence to between five and 15 years, the amount requested by Assistant District Attorney Beth Van Doren in 2013.

Onondaga County Court Judge Joseph E. Fahey, offended by the... [ More ]