81-year-old Mass. man sentenced to prison for part in multimillion-dollar lottery ticket scam

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faith117 — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 06:37:00 GMT

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reddog — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:12:38 GMT

That goes on all the time with illegals winning on scratch offs and needing a buddy to cash it in who has a green card or social security card here in N.C.

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Stack47 — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 22:27:53 GMT

I directly know of one instance in which a guy claimed 10k in losses after winning 10k with a MM ticket and wasn't audited.

Reminds me of guy that forgot to add a W-2G to his income and he wasn't audited either until a couple of years later. The IRS probably has a winnings amount that triggers an audit and $10,000 might be below it.

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KY Floyd — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:15:30 GMT

List your occupation as criminal.

It's not as well known as the one in the constitution, but there's also a taxpayer's bill of rights. Unlike the one in the constitution, the taxpayer's bill of rights specifically includes a right to privacy, as well as a right to confidentiality. The latter means that the information you provide can only be released to third parties with your permission or as required by law. I've never searched for a definitive answer, but I've long been under the impressi... [ More ]

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Stack47 — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 05:31:10 GMT

Jones reported the winnings on his tax returns, but offset them with purported gambling losses in the paperwork.

Bet he though his shoe box full of losing ticket would satisfy the IRS. One of the reasons I cringe every time I read free tax advice on here on how to skirt IRS rules.

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noise-gate — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 05:10:57 GMT

You may be onto something KY. Wesley Snipes served 3 years for tax issues. Martha Stewart served 5 months Ol Clarence hit the jackpot with a 2-month sentence. l mean having Grandpa behind bars is downright awful. They released Brooks Hatlen for crying out loud, had too.

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HaveABall — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 04:10:10 GMT

KY Floyd

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Karen Nathan — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 21:18:13 GMT

I literally laughed out loud when you said, List your occupation as Criminal! LMAO! :D

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music* — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:49:47 GMT

Al Capone was sent to Alcatraz for tax fraud. Not bootlegging.

The IRS is a formidable opponent.

What are you going to do with your ill gotten gains? Declare them on your tax return. List your occupation as criminal.

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KY Floyd — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:00:11 GMT

Let this be a lesson to the rest of you.

Wait until you're old if you're going to conspire to commit tax fraud, and file false tax returns, so that you get a really short prison sentence.

81-year-old Mass. man sentenced to prison for part in multimillion-dollar lottery ticket scam

Lottery Post — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 11:53:06 GMT

An 81-year-old man from Lynn, Massachusetts, was sentenced Monday to two months in prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar lottery scam, according to federal prosecutors.

Clarance Jones, 81, pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to commit tax fraud and filing false tax returns.

The Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office said Jones was a part of a ten-percenting scheme in which he bought millions of dollars of winning Massachusetts state lottery tickets at a discount to help winners avoid... [ More ]