Massachusetts man pleads guilty in lottery tax fraud scheme

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Stack47 — Sat, 25 May 2019 00:41:37 GMT

Don't mess with the IRS Al Capone

When will they ever learn

Comment #11

noise-gate — Fri, 24 May 2019 22:35:27 GMT

It s possible that K P brought this up with Jones. The spreading of the wealth amongst Seniors to throw off any suspicion , but Jones being the man that he is, probably deep sixed that idea. Telling these two l have been around for a long long time, l know how to game the system, everything will be alright, you ll see. Probably telling them that he is paying peanuts to the IRS. Added that no one is going to mess with an old man, least of all the IRS. You know the old saying it s all fun and game... [ More ]

Comment #10

Stack47 — Fri, 24 May 2019 21:59:38 GMT

K P should have employed a flock of seniors, but it looks like Jones convinced them he was da Man .*

*Not to be confused with The Man .

Comment #9

noise-gate — Fri, 24 May 2019 14:55:39 GMT

. I have the funny feeling that word got around that Mr Jones was da Man to get it done, and Kinslieh Patel zeroed in on him.

Comment #8

zephbe — Thu, 23 May 2019 08:00:51 GMT

I want to see what sentences Kinslieh and Patel get. Jones was the patsy they sent to cash the tickets they bought from winners.

Comment #7

Stack47 — Thu, 23 May 2019 04:36:27 GMT

Nice catch

Comment #6

noise-gate — Thu, 23 May 2019 04:22:07 GMT

Found Him..

Courtesy of Lottery Critic.

As unbelievable as it sounds, there are players out there who have won the lottery more than 100 times. It s true! These so-called Frequent Fliers have defied the odds over and over racking up thousands, if not millions in winnings over time. Ask Clarence W. Jones, a self-proclaimed professional gambler who has won over 10,000 times

Comment #5

Stack47 — Thu, 23 May 2019 04:13:05 GMT

He is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor on August 13. He could spend as many as eight years in federal prison

Jones' crime was falsely declaring gambling losses so I really doubt someone claiming they lost as much as they won would say I was just lucky . And at 80, eight years is almost equivalent to a life sentence.

Comment #4

Stack47 — Thu, 23 May 2019 04:04:27 GMT

Law enforcement authorities alleged he used a 10-percenting ploy to become the nation's top lottery winner.

It looks like the enforcement people or whomever wrote this article never heard of ten percenters that are usually found at race tracks. But maybe because they never heard of one declaring to be a professional gambler to avoid paying taxes.

From at least 2013 through 2015, store owners Kinslieh and Patel purchased winning lottery tickets from the ticket holders for cash at a discount... [ More ]

Comment #3

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 23 May 2019 03:22:55 GMT

Just like Al Capone, the IRS got Clarence Jones for tax fraud.

Book 'em Danno

Comment #2

noise-gate — Thu, 23 May 2019 03:11:48 GMT

That's Jones, Kinslieh and Patel all rolled into one.

Comment #1

music* — Wed, 22 May 2019 23:24:11 GMT

Congratulations to law enforcement for catching these three criminals. These penalties should put the fear of God into future crooks.

Clarance Jones, 80, might have replied, I was just lucky . Ya right! Lock him up.

Massachusetts man pleads guilty in lottery tax fraud scheme

Lottery Post — Wed, 22 May 2019 22:25:40 GMT

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in a scheme to buy millions of dollars' worth of winning Massachusetts State Lottery tickets at a discount to help the ticket holders avoid taxes, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Clarance Jones, 80, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was arrested last fall and charged with tax fraud and filing false tax returns. Law enforcement authorities alleged he used a 10-percenting ploy to become the nation's top lottery winner.

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