Father and Son Sentenced to Prison for $20 Million Lottery Fraud Scheme

A father and son in Massachusetts have been sentenced to prison for illegally claiming over $20 million in lottery winnings and evading more than $6 million in federal taxes. They were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the IRS, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and filing a false tax return. They will also have to pay over $6 million in restitution and forfeit their profits from the scheme. The men represented three of the top four individual lottery ticket cashers in the state in 2019. Dozens of lottery retailers that participated in the scheme will have their lottery agent licenses revoked by the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission.