'Lottery Lawyer' Jason Kurland sentenced to 13 years for $107M fraud scheme.

Jason Kurland, a lawyer who stole $107 million from lottery winners and used the money to fund luxury vacations, yachts, and a Porsche, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his involvement in a mobbed-up scheme. Kurland tricked his clients into handing over their money for investments but instead put the cash into risky businesses he secretly co-owned and into shady investments pushed by reputed Genovese crime family soldier Christopher Chierchio. Kurland's partners in the scheme, Francis Smookler and Frangesco Russo, lost over $40 million in just over a year, and they turned to Chierchio, who promised to help them win all the money back with investments into Personal Protective Equipment pandemic deals.