Iowa agents release video in lottery ticket mystery
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DES MOINES Iowa law officers released surveillance video Thursday of a man who bought a multi million dollar lottery ticket at a Des Moines convenience store in December 2010 hoping for a break in identifying him or determining if any bad happened to him beyond not collecting his winnings.
hoping for a very wide distribution of this, Jobes told an afternoon news conference where the video was played.
agents would like to identify and speak with the purchaser of the ticket to further the investigation, according to a division press release. this time, there is no indication thpatagonia corporate discountat the ticket owner committed a crime. have been trying to untangle the Hot Lotto mystery ever since an attempt was made to redeem the $14.3 million winning tickpatagonia fleece size guideet in late 2011. It was depatagonia hiking boots used by special forces2livered to the Iowa Lottery by FedEx. Less than two hours before the deadline for claiming the jackpot, Crawford Shaw, a New York apatagonia hiking boots used by special forces0ttorney, came forward to file paperwork to claim the prize. Shaw said he was acting on behalf of Hexam Investments a trust based in Belipatagonia chile and argentina land for saleze, which is known as a tax haven.
However, Iowa Lottery officials refused to pay the prize because of questions about the ticket s ownership. Shaw withdrew his claim in January 2012 and the prize money was ultimately forfeited.
Jobes said Shaw is cooperating with investigators who have followed leads to Houston, Texas, and Canada, where they interviewed a person helped a lot in the ongoing probe but questions remain unanswered including the identify of the individual who made the initial purchase and his whereabouts.
like to know the whole story from beginning to end and that s a chunk we don t know right now, Jobes said after the press briefing. possible we have a victim out there that we dopatagonia discount code expedian t know about. officials began their investigation in late 2011 after the Iowa Lottery received phone calls from a person claiming to bpatagonia hiking boots used by special forces1e the original purchaser of the lottery ticket and provided the 15 digit security nupatagonia employee benefits of directmber printed on the lottery ticket.
The person did not, however, matcpatagonia everlong review for nursesh the video surveillance evidence and subsequently admitted he was not the original ticket purchaser, according to investigators. He later said he was representing another party that wished to remain anonymous and wanted to file a claim of ownership with the lottery.
has been and continues to be one of the biggest lottery mysteries in the copatagonia guide jacket for menuntry, likely even the world. It s certainly the strangest situation we can recall in our lottery s 29 year history, said Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich in a statement.
appears that a person or a group of people may have attempted to commit fraud against the lottery and the state of Iowa, Rich added, saying continue to ensure that we have systems in place to protect the lottery and its resources against fraud attempts. patagonia hiking boots used by special forcesWe remain ever cognizant of our duty to protect the integrity of tpatagonia luggage reviewhe Iowa Lottepatagonia military clothing onlinery and its games.
