Woman sentenced for stealing more than $400,000 from Missouri lottery winner

Comment #14

OldSchoolPa — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 02:53:58 GMT

Theoretically this would seem sensible. However, there are credible financial professionals who do not work in banks. I have also known people who were not best served by bank's wealth management division.

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Comment #13

brees2012 — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:32:56 GMT

That's exactly , what I was thinking .

Wealth Management , keep in mind , they could

possibly do the same thing with your money .

Have a yearly audit !!! and an Print out .

Hire an CPA to keep tracked of your money

not counting the Wealth Management Team.

Comment #12

brees2012 — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 14:28:10 GMT

Remember that story ......very sad

Comment #11

Get paid — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 21:03:04 GMT

I agree it should be 20yrs.

Comment #10

GGStarlings — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 03:08:25 GMT

Wow, sounds like the kind of thief who can't stop thinking of ways to thieve! Lock her up, throw away the key.

There should be warnings from the lottery commissions about scammers like this when a someone wins big.

Comment #9

Illinoisdreamer — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:06:50 GMT

That is not true

The Federal Prisons do chop off 15% of sentence with good behavior

You are required to serve at minimum 85% of your sentence

Comment #8

DELotteryPlyr — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:13:32 GMT

On top of taking money from the victim she also

obtained $76,837 in housing benefits.

How did they case workers not see that she was doing 'better' and didn't need the housing benefit? (or maybe never needed it?) I know they are trained to 'look' for signs of this, but they really MISSED it in this case.

Comment #7

music* — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 11:02:48 GMT

with you zephbe. A bank would be a good place to begin. Banks also do their best to fight scams that are defrauding seniors who are trapped in lottery scams. Banks get a bad rap but most bank employees are very helpful. They do their best to be good members of the communities that they are doing business in.

Banks also have deep pockets in case you bring a lawsuit against one.

Comment #6

zephbe — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:30:46 GMT

Wouldn't the winner have been wiser to work with a wealth management team at a bank rather than someone she met after moving to another state? The thief needs to be locked up and made to pay restitution by selling whatever she bought with the winner's money.

Comment #5

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:34:15 GMT

Reading this story reminds me of Mr. Abraham Shakespeare and what that vile woman did. 5 years in prison is not long enough sorry POS.

Comment #4

noise-gate — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 04:38:36 GMT

Freya is cut from the same cloth as that evil woman Dee Dee Moore who had the FL lottery winner Mr Shakespeare murdered. Modern day jezebels.

Comment #3

LinCity — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 02:22:07 GMT

Horrible story. Especially with the winner being so deliberate with her winnings. Doesn't sound like she was being frivolous. But practical and reasonable and preparing for her future. Smart that she bought her house in full. I wish her the best. As far as that crook, shame on her

Comment #2

Groppo — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 01:46:49 GMT

.

I just don't know what to say.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 01:41:16 GMT

Enjoy Fed prison you mean wench...fed prison=full sentence, no parole.

Woman sentenced for stealing more than $400,000 from Missouri lottery winner

Lottery Post — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 01:35:38 GMT

A former Kansas City woman who stole more than $400,000 from a Missouri Lottery winner was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison.

Freya Pearson, 44, of Conyers, Ga., was ordered to repay $441,830 to the victim, a female 61-year-old former hospital housekeeper who won $2.4 million in the Missouri Lottery in 2008.

But because of Pearson's scheme, the lottery winner is now financially insolvent and had to take a reverse mortgage in order to keep her home, according to federal pr... [ More ]