11-14-2012, 12:41 PM
These assholes live near Syracuse NY. Apparently a guy presented a $5 million winning lottery scratch off ticket...THEY told him it was a $5,000 winner...and oh by the way...you owe us a $1,000 fee for cashing it. Then they held onto it for 6 years figuring the guy would forget about it. They attempted a claim a few weeks back....and the guy thought to himself.."Hey, wait a sec..these are the guys who took MY ticket..
Now I had always thought that the Lottery people would look into such a large winner..expecially since it was bought at the family store.
here is the story:
WHEC.com
Two brothers from central New York who claimed a $5 million lottery ticket sold at their family's store have been accused of scamming the winning ticket from a customer.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick says 34-year-old Andy Ashkar and 36-year-old Nayel Ashkar are charged with attempted grand larceny and conspiracy. Andy Ashkar also was charged with criminal possession of stolen property.
Their lawyer says the brothers will plead not guilty. They maintain they legitimately received the ticket.
Andy Ashkar claimed in March that he bought the ticket at his parents' convenience store in Syracuse. But Fitzpatrick says the legitimate purchaser was fooled into giving up the winning scratch-off ticket when he went to cash it at the market in October 2006.
For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website www.whec.com.
Now I had always thought that the Lottery people would look into such a large winner..expecially since it was bought at the family store.
here is the story:
WHEC.com
Two brothers from central New York who claimed a $5 million lottery ticket sold at their family's store have been accused of scamming the winning ticket from a customer.
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick says 34-year-old Andy Ashkar and 36-year-old Nayel Ashkar are charged with attempted grand larceny and conspiracy. Andy Ashkar also was charged with criminal possession of stolen property.
Their lawyer says the brothers will plead not guilty. They maintain they legitimately received the ticket.
Andy Ashkar claimed in March that he bought the ticket at his parents' convenience store in Syracuse. But Fitzpatrick says the legitimate purchaser was fooled into giving up the winning scratch-off ticket when he went to cash it at the market in October 2006.
For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website www.whec.com.