Texas woman steals $1 million lottery jackpot from her own cousin

A woman from Texas admitted to a criminal offense and is looking at a maximum of four years of imprisonment for taking her cousin’s lottery jackpot. She stole a total of $1 million in New York lottery rewards, according to authorities. On Friday,34-year-old Iris Amador Argueta admitted to second-degree grand larceny after taking a winning scratch-off ticket from her relative in November 2020. She claimed more than half a million dollars of the prize money, …

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FTC Is Returning $25 Million Stolen From Consumers In Lottery-Prize Scheme

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to 244,745 consumers in the U.S. and abroad who were defrauded by the Next-Gen sweepstakes scheme that affected consumers in dozens of countries, including the United States and Canada. In total, the FTC is returning almost $25 million to affected consumers including many seniors. The FTC is sending: 221,687 checks totaling $19,180,753 to U.S. and Canadian consumers; 3,516 prepaid Mastercard debit cards totaling $631,322 to consumers in …

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