Took long enough:

Scammed lottery winner finally gets millions

7:37 am August 30, 2013, by George Mathis

You’d have to be on crack to trade a lottery ticket worth $5 million for $4,000.

And that’s exactly what Robert Miles, of Syracuse, did in 2006.

On Wednesday, seven years (and multiple criminal trials) after he should have been rich, the New York Lottery verified Miles as the rightful winner, writes the Syracuse Post-Standard.

It wasn’t just drug addiction that contributed to Miles’ bad decision on selling the scratch-off. There was also the crooks running the convenience store that told him he’d only won $5,000.

“They don’t sell $5 mill...n the hood,” clerk Andy Ashkar told Miles before offering him $4,000 for the alleged $5,000 ticket. The extra $1,000 would be kept as some sort of check cashing fee, Ashkar told Miles.

Ashkar, 35, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for criminal possession of stolen property

http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2013/08/30/scammed-lottery-winner-finally-gets-millions/

Graycap23 said:Took long enough: Scammed lottery winner finally gets millions 7:37 am August 30, 2013, by George Mathis Robert Miles, left, wasn't a winner until he got a lawyer, right. (Photo from Syracuse. com) You’d have to be on crack to trade a lottery ticket worth $5 million for $4,000. And that’s exactly what Robert Miles, of Syracuse, did in 2006. On Wednesday, seven years (and multiple criminal trials) after he should have been rich, the New York Lottery verified Miles as the rightful winner, writes the Syracuse Post-Standard. It wasn’t just drug addiction that contributed to Miles’ bad decision on selling the scratch-off. There was also the crooks running the convenience store that told him he’d only won $5,000. “They don’t sell $5 million tickets in the hood,” clerk Andy Ashkar told Miles before offering him $4,000 for the alleged $5,000 ticket. The extra $1,000 would be kept as some sort of check cashing fee, Ashkar told Miles. Ashkar, 35, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for criminal possession of stolen property http://blogs.ajc.com/news...-millions/ How much will he end up with after the lawyers suck him dry?

wow they should kick him under the jail, that just lowdown

Sometimes it ends bad for lotto winners

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