Lottery ticket prank leads to fine, probation

[kranky]

From today's local paper:

A guy pulls a prank by making a fake winning lottery ticket on his PC and leaving it at work under a newspaper in the break room for someone to find. Another guy finds it later, sees it's a $850,000 winner, and goes to collect the cash.

When officials ask the guy where he got the ticket, he tells them he bought it.

When the dust settled, which one got a $2,500 fine and a year's probation?








The prankster! He may also have to pay the $12,000 legal bills of the guy who attempted to cash the ticket. The guy who found the ticket was acquitted of unsworn falsification for lying about where he got the ticket.

So be careful with those pranks.

 

[Syringer]

How did they know he planted it?

 

[sswingle]

Im sure it is illegal to make a fake ticket regardless of intent.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I still have a few of those joke scratchoffs laying around. Plenty of fun! :thumbsup:

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: kranky
From today's local paper:

A guy pulls a prank by making a fake winning lottery ticket on his PC and leaving it at work under a newspaper in the break room for someone to find. Another guy finds it later, sees it's a $850,000 winner, and goes to collect the cash.

When officials ask the guy where he got the ticket, he tells them he bought it.

When the dust settled, which one got a $2,500 fine and a year's probation?








The prankster! He may also have to pay the $12,000 legal bills of the guy who attempted to cash the ticket. The guy who found the ticket was acquitted of unsworn falsification for lying about where he got the ticket.

So be careful with those pranks.

They both should have been found guilty of somthing. The prankster for obvious reasons and the victim for lying about where and how he got the ticket. I submit the victim perpetuated the worst crime of the two.

The victim knowingly stole someone else's winning lottery ticket and therefore knowingly stole $850,000. The fact that the ticket was worthless is irrevelant. He thought he was stealing someone else's ticket and therefore he is guilty of attempted grand larceny.

Line of reasoning comes from the following:

If you shoot someone (who is already dead) in an attempt to kill them - what are you guilty of? The answer is Attempted Murder. For attempted murder, it is irrelevant that he is dead. What matters is that you thought he was alive and tried to kill him.

 

[FoBoT]

they both should have gotten in trouble, but the forgery/counterfeiter should get the worst

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Garet Jax

Originally posted by: kranky
From today's local paper:

A guy pulls a prank by making a fake winning lottery ticket on his PC and leaving it at work under a newspaper in the break room for someone to find. Another guy finds it later, sees it's a $850,000 winner, and goes to collect the cash.

When officials ask the guy where he got the ticket, he tells them he bought it.

When the dust settled, which one got a $2,500 fine and a year's probation?








The prankster! He may also have to pay the $12,000 legal bills of the guy who attempted to cash the ticket. The guy who found the ticket was acquitted of unsworn falsification for lying about where he got the ticket.

So be careful with those pranks.

They both should have been found guilty of somthing. The prankster for obvious reasons and the victim for lying about where and how he got the ticket. I submit the victim perpetuated the worst crime of the two.

The victim knowingly stole someone else's winning lottery ticket and therefore knowingly stole $850,000. The fact that the ticket was worthless is irrevelant. He thought he was stealing someone else's ticket and therefore he is guilty of attempted grand larceny.

Line of reasoning comes from the following:

If you shoot someone (who is already dead) in an attempt to kill them - what are you guilty of? The answer is Attempted Murder. For attempted murder, it is irrelevant that he is dead. What matters is that you thought he was alive and tried to kill him.

STFU, the collector didnt steal anything. although he should have said he found the ticket instead of saying he bought it. he had no idea it was a fraud and was not delibertly trying to defaud the state.

now the guy who made it should pay for the collectors legal bills. what did he think somebody was going to do if they found a large winning ticket like that, frame it? no they would try to cash it and hence they get in trouble.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Citrix

STFU, the collector didnt steal anything. although he should have said he found the ticket instead of saying he bought it. he had no idea it was a fraud and was not delibertly trying to defaud the state.

now the guy who made it should pay for the collectors legal bills. what did he think somebody was going to do if they found a large winning ticket like that, frame it? no they would try to cash it and hence they get in trouble.

Seems like it all could have been avoided if the guy didn't lie and say he bought it...

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I bet the prankster just thought the dude would go hysterical, "OMG, somebody won the lottery! Whose ticket is this?"
I bet he was expecting to catch the whole office go crazy and was looking to capture it on tape to post on YouTube later.

Hmm, pretty crafty of the guy to silently go and attempt to withdraw the money. Didn't he think the real owner would later come and get him?