Ex-TSA agent, Atlanta police officer sentenced in lottery scheme

Comment #25

sully16 — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:32:10 GMT

Oh my, you are correct, how did I screw that up, forgive David Gilmour.lol

Comment #24

realtorjim — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 01:51:12 GMT

Sully, I thought the lyrics were Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage

Comment #23

sully16 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:37:18 GMT

I guess stealing from people's luggage got old, career criminal for sure.

Comment #22

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:46:24 GMT

NICE

Comment #21

Erzulieredeyes — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:32:30 GMT

LMAO!!

I have compassion, just not for this story.

NONE AT ALL.

Comment #20

Erzulieredeyes — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:29:43 GMT

Oh yeah, I almost forgot I was a victim once....almost. I was a unemployed teen looking for work in early 2000s when I saw a job on MONSTER....it was work from home and all I had to do was cash checks from customers and send it back to this art gallery company and keep 10% for myself. I would have supposedly made $4000 per month working part time cashing checks. I deposited the checks and it cleared...I let the scammer know it cleared, he kept pressuring me to send him the $ via western union an... [ More ]

Comment #19

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:23:57 GMT

Thank God I'll never have you as my nurse if I'm in the hospital.

Such compassion.

Not.

Comment #18

Erzulieredeyes — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:13:18 GMT

Being a Senior Citizen doesn't excuse one from being a fool or able to think clearly... UNLESS, you have dementia or some other cognitive problems going on otherwise there's absolutely no excuse. I should know, I'm an RN and I'm around seniors daily and a lot of seniors I'm around are very witty and very alert just like the rest of us.

The only excusable people who would truly be victims are elderly people with dementia or the mentally impaired. But if they are at that stage then they shouldn... [ More ]

Comment #17

Erzulieredeyes — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 14:41:32 GMT

Oh please, these people are NOT victims. I don't buy into it for one second. They were well aware of what they were doing when they handed their hard earned money over to these scammers. Nobody put a gun to their heads and demanded the money, they did it willingly because they were a bunch of greedy fools.

These so-called ''lottery victims'' had full control and knowledge of what they were doing and I'm sure a lot of them thought to themselves that it may be a scam, but took the chance... [ More ]

Comment #16

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 12:33:42 GMT

Well. Just send the victims to jail.

That's a new one. That should really cut down on crime.

If there's no victims left, the criminals won't be able to commit any crimes.

Comment #15

Bleudog101 — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:29:31 GMT

Never heard of that show.

I assume he received a federal sentence, so he will not get any good time off or parole. So he was an outstanding police officer too? He'll get his own special area(s) because prisoners do not like police inmates. I bet he'll get sent to the same place Martha Stewart did...a federal clubhouse prison.

Comment #14

Bleudog101 — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:25:40 GMT

OMG I laughed so hard on that one. Just like the prisoners that tatooed the name of the little girl some trash raped...right on his forehead.

Comment #13

zephbe — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:19:32 GMT

1-The sentence is not long enough--should be at least 5 years in prison.

2-A certain amount of greed on the victim's part allowed this to happen. All elderly people are not senile. American Greed is one of my favorite tv shows. I am always surprised at someone who worked 30-40 years and managed to save say $400,000 then just give it to some con man.

Comment #12

RedStang — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:56:16 GMT

This guy will do it again. That's why they should tattoo American on his forehead and dump him in Syria.

Comment #11

grwurston — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:02:53 GMT

Twenty seven months. Hmm... With time off for good behavior, it will probably be 18 months at the very most.

And unless he goes back to scamming when he gets out, restitution will probably never happen.

Comment #10

zinniagirl — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:43:41 GMT

so, because you are a victim, you should go to jail? Really? Why? Senior citizens have worked hard all their lives. They have aged and as a part of that. Process, their brains dont work that well. Brain fog on simple terms. These people prey on them because of this. That is why most scams are against the elderly. Hope you dont have to experience this but then ahain sometimes it takes experiencing it to understand.

Comment #9

psykomo — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:31:40 GMT

Statistically speaking......Congrat'$ to Officer Smith 4 raking in hundreds of thousands off lottery and moon-lighting a government job at same time!

That must take skill that psyko can never ever expect to acquire, cause after years and many hours plus many dollar'$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

still can't bust out of the lottery any money close to what his United States based Operation cashed and happly SPENT

Comment #8

Coin Toss — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:22:28 GMT

Statistically, nothing.

Comment #7

Erzulieredeyes — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:36:39 GMT

LO L I personally believe he should do no Jail time. Any greedy idiot that is willing to fall for such a scam deserves to be parted from his/her money. If you did not enter a lottery then you know you haven't won, especially if you have to send money which is a huge red flag. The so-called victims should go to jail for being a part of a scheme.

Comment #6

eddessaknight — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 20:13:10 GMT

Perhaps criminals can start paying off the restitution to victims by working it off while in prison instead of using their time acquiring law degrees to enabling the offenders find ways of shortening or overturning their sentences ???

Eddessa_Night

Comment #5

haymaker — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:27:46 GMT

27 months and restitution ?

that's all ?

thrown em in prison now.

Clock on 27 months should start after restitution is paid in full

Comment #4

KY Floyd — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 19:16:19 GMT

ordered to pay $724,408.79 in restitution

I'm not in favor of debtors' prisons, but I'd have no problems with sentencing him to the shorter of life without parole or making complete restitution.

Comment #3

Raven62 — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:24:56 GMT

You did the Crime: Now you got to do the Time

Comment #2

savagegoose — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:44:37 GMT

theyre a little smarter with their money than their victims.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:36:02 GMT

What happens to these crooks that are told to pay restitution and don't? There's probably very little of that money left.

Ex-TSA agent, Atlanta police officer sentenced in lottery scheme

Lottery Post — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:29:51 GMT

A Douglasville, Ga., man must serve 27 months in prison and one year of supervised release after pleading guilty for his role in a Jamaican-based fraudulent lottery scheme targeting senior-adult victims in the United States.

Dominic Hugh Smith, 27, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. of the Western District of North Carolina. Smith was ordered to pay $724,408.79 in restitution, the U.S. Justice Department said in a prepared statement.

In June 2014, Smith pleaded... [ More ]