Posted on 07/24/2024 10:38:51 AM PDT by dennisw
A Tennessee gas station clerk was allegedly caught on surveillance video stealing a customer’s $1 million-winning lottery ticket — after lying and telling the winner they had lost.
The unidentified winner bought two $20 Diamond and Gold scratch-off tickets from 23-year-old staffer Meet Patel at a Shell station in Murfreesboro and handed him back the tickets to check, according to Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department.
Patel returned one of the winning tickets along with a $40 prize — while ignoring the fact that the other one had won $1 million, Lt. Detective Steve Craig told News Channel 5.
“He threw it on top of the trash,” Craig said of Patel, who then “took the trash outside” as the winner left. “If you follow him on the camera you can see him grab the ticket and put it in his pocket.”
Patel later “went to the Tennessee Lottery commission to claim the ticket as his own,” Craig said.
“Through their normal line of questioning, there were enough red flags” for them to investigate — easily finding the surveillance footage, the officer said.
That made it “pretty obvious” what Patel had done, Craig told the outlet with a chuckle.
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Um, would you like a Slurpy with that?
We turned in a winner at a gas station. We knew it was a $20 dollar winner.
She said it was not a winner. We ask for our ticket back.
Took it a block from there and they said it was a winner and had already been
cashed in.
Sign everything, take a photo. Get all tickets back. Video or not.
Hopefully there is a way to get your money even if it’s $20.00. GRRRRR
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