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Inside a Massachusetts family’s elaborate scheme to defraud the lottery out of $20M
Nypost ^ | 10/25/2023 | Olivia Land

Posted on 10/25/2023 10:51:33 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A Massachusetts father and his two sons used a covert network of convenience stores and tax-shy scratch-off winners to defraud the lottery of more than $20 million, officials said.

Ali Jaafar, 63, of Watertown, had tried to pass off his winning streak as luck — but the lottery commission launched an investigation into the “factually or statistically improbable” results, according to the Boston Globe’s reporting on the saga Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defraud; family; lottery; massachusetts
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“”Ali Jaafar””

Just a way of life for someone with a name like that....


21 posted on 10/25/2023 3:59:38 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Liz

“Tax violations have been erroneously referred to as victimless crimes, but it’s the honest law-abiding citizen who is harmed when someone tries to manipulate our nation’s tax system.”

lol Joleen sounds like my sister who issued an irs form ss-4 to my gf who watched their kids a few hours a week so they could go to dinner.

personally I consider what the govt is currently doing with the taxes I pay the true crime.


22 posted on 10/25/2023 7:01:26 PM PDT by algore
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