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Lottery winner pleads innocent to ID theft, fraud chargesReply
Wow! talk about a mess !! I've got a few questionsIf she was able to keep the credit card for more than a year and the card was in good standing, that means the bill had to be paid right? Soooo, if she was paying back the things that were charged, is it really theft???If she could prove she was paying the bill and the bill showed payment for the lottery ticket, then doesn't that still make it her ticket legally?? If the bill wasn't paid and thereby rendering the use of the card for the ticket a
Jan 13, 2006, 10:21 pm - LadyC - Lottery News

Woman found guilty of stealing winning lottery ticketReply
The elements of theft or larceny are as follows:1. Taking of personal property - Example: lottery ticket was taken from another person.2. The taking was without permission of the owner - Example: lottery ticket was taken beyond what was permitted. Ticket should have been returned.3. Asportation - moving the personal property from one place to another, no matter how short the distance. Example: ticket may have been moved from one place to another.4. Specific intent on the part of the taker
Dec 22, 2005, 9:31 am - csfb - Lottery News

Prime ticket serviceReply
People whom are saying that their credit cards are being denied.Have you signed up for fraud alerts.Have you ever had identity theft. And did you report it. If so many lending institutions are monitoring every credit card purchase you make regardless of what cards you are using. You could in fact use your visa card. Then your bank card and then your master card. And on the third purchase find out that all your cards have stopped working. all your cards are in limbo so to speak. The lenders will
Sep 22, 2005, 11:47 am - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

Pair will testify against former Hoosier Lottery officialNews Story
Two men linked to a scandal at the Hoosier Lottery have agreed to testify against a former security officer accused of rigging a $1 million scratch-off game.According to the terms of guilty-plea agreements filed Tuesday in Marion Superior Court, Chad R. Adkins and Daniel J. Foltz will admit to theft and testify against William C. Foreman, the former lottery official charged with telling them where to buy a winning ticket. This type of insider trading could devastate the public's confidence in th
Jun 1, 2005, 9:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana's Gov Tries to Make Amends
From WHAS11.com:Daniels pledges to increase lottery security03/04/2005Associated PressGov. Mitch Daniels pledged Friday to increase security within the Hoosier Lottery during a stop in a southern Indiana town where authorities say an insider scheme led to the theft of a $1 million ticket.Daniels and lottery director Ester Schneider presented a $100,000 check the Ripley County Community Foundation during a ceremony at a grocery store in the small town. The money came from the lottery's publicity
Mar 4, 2005, 7:43 pm - ayenowitall - Lottery Discussion Forum

Hoosier Lottery asks State Police to join scam probeNews Story
Hoosier Lottery officials Friday asked the Indiana State Police to help investigate their agency after a scandal over a rigged $1 million scratch-off game.Lottery Director Jack Ross said police will review and authenticate an internal investigation the agency is making following the controversy, which was uncovered earlier this week. I want to make sure the people of Indiana have confidence in the Hoosier Lottery, Ross said.Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi already is investigating the scam
Nov 13, 2004, 10:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Bookkeeper's lottery habit costlyNews Story
A Federal Way, Washington woman convicted of embezzling from a Monroe trust fund was sentenced to pay back what she stole, in $100 monthly installments.That means Dorothy L. Weber, 68, should be clear of her roughly $488,000 debt (plus about $61,000 in expenses) by early 2462.Weber was also sentenced to 14 months in prison for embezzling from the Northwest Sheet Metal Workers Organizational Trust for more than three years.Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne on Wednesday imposed th
Aug 26, 2004, 7:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Winning Scratch-off, Twice Cashed and Once StolenNews Story
A Florida convenience store customer scratched off a winning ticket two weeks ago. But since he cashed in the winning lottery ticket, there's been trouble.After the winner cashed in his 5-hundred dollar prize, the ticket was stolen. A second man now admits he took the ticket and also cashed it in.Lottery tickets are big business at Pat's Kwik Stop. According to Ravi Patel, the store'sowner, lottery ticket sales amount to Something like 800, 900 dollars a day. Patel has owned the Nothwest Gain
Jul 30, 2004, 8:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Woman accused of stealing lottery tickets bound over for trialNews Story
An Wisconsin woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of scratch-off lottery tickets when she worked at Denny's Super Valu in Algoma has been bound over for trial.Mary Jo (Jody) DeNamur, 44, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Kewaunee County Circuit Court. She is charged with five felony theft counts and one misdemeanor charge.DeNamur's attorney, Jeffrey Jazgar, said his client agreed to waive the hearing in exchange for a preliminary plea offer from the district a
Dec 8, 2003, 4:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lawmakers to mediate spat over Iowa Lottery securityNews Story
Relations have become so strained between feuding directors of two state agencies that a couple of Iowa lawmakers have agreed to step in as mediators. The standoff pits state ombudsman William Angrick against Iowa Lottery chief executive Terry Rich. Angrick's staff, which investigates citizen complaints, has spent more than two years investigating the Iowa Lottery and has concluded that lottery players could be at risk of being cheated. Rich says he has responded fully to each of the om
Dec 14, 2009, 9:33 am - Todd - Lottery News