A Massachusetts father and son accused of committing a $21 million fraud after cashing in an estimated 13,000 Massachusetts State Lottery tickets were found guilty by a federal jury last week, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office.
Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, of Watertown, were convicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, conspiracy to commit money laundering and filing a false tax return, the agency confirmed in a news release shared on Saturday (December 10).
Mohamed Jaafar, another son of Ali accused in the scheme, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the IRS in November.
“By defrauding the Massachusetts Lottery and the Internal Revenue Service, the Jaafars cheated the system and took millions of hard-earned taxpayers’ dollars. This guilty verdict shows that elaborate money laundering schemes and tax frauds will be rooted out and prosecuted,” said United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins in the news release.
Ali Jaafar was reported to have cashed in more than 10,000 lottery tickets worth at least $600 for a total value of $15 million, according to court documents obtained by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Mohamed Jaafar is reported to have chased in about 2,500 lottery tickets valued at $3.3 million between 2012 and 2019.
Yousef Jaafar is accused of cashing in 1,360 lottery tickets valued at $2.5 million between 2013 and 2019.
The Massachusetts State Lottery requires all lottery winners to fill...
Prosecutor Park Sang-yong has partially won a defamation lawsuit he filed against former and current lawmakers over the so-called "Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office drinking party and feces alleg...