Former Ohio Lottery worker sentenced for stealing instant tickets

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:02:16 GMT

Wonder if his record will conveniently be expunged after the five year probation? My bet is it will.

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gatorsrok — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 03:15:38 GMT

You may have missed the part of the article that said the thief got probation, not prison. What nonsense.

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HoLeeKau — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 16:32:17 GMT

Five years PROBATION??? Way to keep the public trusting the Ohio Lottery you maroon of a judge.

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m3347 — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:33:01 GMT

He committed fraud as an employee of the lottery, and stole over $100K. Was the judge paid off in lottery tickets given that he sentenced him to just probation? This judge needs to be investigated as this is SO WRONG.

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lucky6025 — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:39:54 GMT

Ok how do you not go to prison for GRAND LARCENY. The Judge that gave out probation should have to serve time for this crime. this is why this country has so much crime.

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zephbe — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:31:32 GMT

Yield not to temptation. American greed. If you can't be good be careful.

He needs a job to pay restitution

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sully16 — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:03:29 GMT

Have fun in Prison.

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RedStang — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 05:59:04 GMT

Dummy stole 115k and was probably making 90k.

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GAman03 — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 01:33:35 GMT

No wonder why Ohio Lottery is hard to win...to many crooks

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Feisty1 — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:52:25 GMT

What's even more disturbing is that he might have gotten away with this scheme even longer if he wasn't a SLOB ... What is the world coming to

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mypiemaster — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:27:59 GMT

DUMB Dumb got probation!!!. Where is the justice?.

Former Ohio Lottery worker sentenced for stealing instant tickets

Lottery Post — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:26:09 GMT

By Todd Northrop

A former Ohio Lottery Commission employee has been sentenced to probation for stealing $115,000 in instant lottery tickets and cashing in winners.

David Dragelevich, 40, was sentenced Monday morning by a Mahoning County judge to five years probation and will have to pay restitution after pleading guilty to theft back in August.

An Ohio Inspector General's office report released last May said Dragelevich would keep tickets returned from an unidentified retailer, then ent... [ More ]