Father and Son Masterminds Sentenced for $20M Decade-Long Lottery Scam

A father and son from Massachusetts were sentenced to prison for running a lottery fraud scheme over 10 years that netted over $20 million in proceeds.
Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, illegally claimed over 14,000 winning lottery tickets and laundered the millions of dollars they received.
They bought winning tickets at a discount from people trying to avoid identification by the state lottery commission.
Their scheme resulted in $6 million in losses for the IRS, including over $1.2 million the defendants received through fraudulent tax refunds.
Over 40 lottery agents may lose their licenses for participating in the long-running scam.