A father and son have been sent to prison for their multimillion-dollar scheme in which they cashed winning lottery tickets on behalf of ticket holders to avoid taxes.
Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, cashed a staggering 14,000 winning lottery tickets in just 10 years in Massachusetts, US.
The Watertown residents' scheme saw them launder over $20 million in proceeds, and they then lied on their tax returns to cheat the IRS out of about $6 million, according to the US attorney's office in Boston.
The father and son scheme involved the pair buying winning tickets from people who did not want to be identified by the state lottery commission.
The commission withholds taxes and outstanding child support payments from pay outs.
Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, cashed a staggering 14,000 winning lottery tickets in just 10 years in Massachusetts, US.
The Watertown residents' scheme saw them launder over $20 million in proceeds, and they then lied on their tax returns to cheat the IRS out of about $6 million, according to the US attorney's office in Boston.
The father and son scheme involved the pair buying winning tickets from people who did not want to be identified by the state lottery commission.
The commission withholds taxes and outstanding child support payments from pay outs.
