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Home History Games News Dictionary		A case five years old has come to a pleasant conclusion this week with the sentencing of Hafiz Malik, the very same 62-year old caught in a lottery scam when he tried to keep a winner’s ticket for his own profit. The case unfolded in Toronto, ruled on by Judge Rebecca Shamai, who put Malik in jail for his attempted theft of the $5.7 million jackpot in June of 2004. The jackpot had been won by a consumer by the name of Lorraine Teicht, who unfortunately will be unable to celebrate the win. Ms. Teicht returned to Malik’s store to check on the status of her ticket, bought in partnership with a number of co-workers. She was informed that it only resulted in a $10 win, with Malik holding on to the ticket for his personal use some months later. When he turned in the ticket, it seemed that his plan had worked, as the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation had paid him the jackpot with no investigation or validation of the ticket itself. The fraud in the case wasn’t actually uncovered until the fall of 2007, when an investigation revealed that the ticket was not actually owned by Malik, and the story broke online gambling news headlines. By that time, Malik had already sold his store, purchased a large house as well as multiple luxury cars. The investigation that did uncover Malik’s scheme was completed by the Ontario Provincial Police, long before the legalization of online gambling became a hot topic in Canada. The ticket had actually been purchased by Ms Teicht and her three co-workers, though Teicht will not be able to revel in the conclusion of the case, as she passed away of cancer earlier this year, at the age of 56. Nearly all of the $5.7 million has been recovered, with the only exception being $450,000 still owed to the lottery corporation, including interest payments on the amount. Before she passed away, Teicht was able to provide the court with a statement before she passed, giving freely her victim impact statement. She claimed that the colleagues always suspected that she had been behind the fraud. She said that it had led to trust issues. Judge Shamai agreed. In her ruling, Judge Shamai said: “So many ordinary Canadians play the lotto in hopes of a little excitement and a lot of good luck. They dream of the big win. To those people the courts must speak clearly,” ruled Shamai. “The publics faith in the lottery system is undermined by frauds such as the one committed by Malik.”

07/01/2010

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Canadian Scammer Goes to Jail

A case five years old has come to a pleasant conclusion this week with the sentencing of Hafiz Malik, the very same 62-year old caught in a lottery scam when he tried to keep a winner’s ticket for his own profit. The case unfolded in Toronto, ruled on by Judge Rebecca Shamai, who put Malik in jail for his attempted theft of the $5.7 million jackpot in June of 2004. The jackpot had been won by a consumer by the name of Lorraine Teicht, who unfortunately will be unable to celebrate the win.

Ms. Teicht returned to Malik’s store to check on the status of her ticket, bought in partnership with a number of co-workers. She was informed that it only resulted in a $10 win, with Malik holding on to the ticket for his personal use some months later. When he turned in the ticket, it seemed that his plan had worked, as the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation had paid him the jackpot with no investigation or validation of the ticket itself. The fraud in the case wasn’t actually uncovered until the fall of 2007, when an investigation revealed that the ticket was not actually owned by Malik, and the story broke online gambling news headlines. By that time, Malik had already sold his store, purchased a large house as well as multiple luxury cars.

The investigation that did uncover Malik’s scheme was completed by the Ontario Provincial Police, long before the legalization of online gambling became a hot topic in Canada. The ticket had actually been purchased by Ms Teicht and her three co-workers, though Teicht will not be able to revel in the conclusion of the case, as she passed away of cancer earlier this year, at the age of 56. Nearly all of the $5.7 million has been recovered, with the only exception being $450,000 still owed to the lottery corporation, including interest payments on the amount.

Before she passed away, Teicht was able to provide the court with a statement before she passed, giving freely her victim impact statement. She claimed that the colleagues always suspected that she had been behind the fraud. She said that it had led to trust issues. Judge Shamai agreed.

In her ruling, Judge Shamai said: “So many ordinary Canadians play the lotto in hopes of a little excitement and a lot of good luck. They dream of the big win. To those people the courts must speak clearly,” ruled Shamai. “The publics faith in the lottery system is undermined by frauds such as the one committed by Malik.”