20 ag. 2022 – 11:05 hrs.
Win the jackpot lottery was a great blessing for a woman from South Carolina, USAbut the happiness did not last for shortly after his lawyer stole his sudden fortune.
The victim, who preferred to remain anonymous, decided to tell her story to the media to prevent other major award winners from going through the same thing in the future.
The lottery and the robbery of the lawyer
It all started in 2018, when the woman and her husband received the great news that they won the lottery. The total sum of the prize was $1.5 billion, but due to tax deductions he ended up receiving $900 million.
In the year 2019, he decided to retain the services of the New York lawyer, Jason Kurland, to help her and her husband invest their money safely.
The lawyer promised to multiply his money. Since the winners wanted to remain anonymous, the output they What the lawyer recommended was to keep the money in different bank accounts, but under his name.
Jason Kurland, a Long Island lawyer, has overseen the fraudulent scheme since 2018 and has collected $ 107 million from US lottery winners. pic.twitter.com/rhKUImGKzI
— Elman (@6121El) August 20, 2020
The lawyer opened accounts at Bank Leumi USA, a New York banking entity. From this account he distributed the money to four other banks: 100 million dollars to 2 and 50 million to another 2.
It also began recommending that invest the money in hotels, houses, companies and thoroughbred horses.
Months later, the family could not access their money and the lawyer had already made them lose about 83 million dollars, according to a review. The newspaper from New York.
The couple decided to take legal action against Jason Kurland. In the process it was also revealed that the lawyer had robbed three other lottery winners.
Last night’s #MegaMillions had no winner, which means we all still have a chance of claiming that now $1.6 billion jackpot. What should you do if lightning strikes and you win? @lotterylawyer Jason Kurland weighs in. pic.twitter.com/VfwjF4LoIX
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) October 20, 2018
At trial, Kurland pleaded not guilty after arguing that he, too, had been scammed in the pyramid schemes in which he decided to invest the money.