A father and son were sentenced to federal prison in connection with a massive "ten-percenting" operation that allegedly involved dozens of Massachusetts convenience stores, thousands of lottery ...

Ali Jaafar is accused of committing fraud after cashing in roughly 13,000 Massachusetts Lottery tickets valued at nearly $21 million. A Massachusetts father and son have been claiming they were “lucky ...

A convenience store owner places Powerball tickets on November 1, 2022 in Quincy, Massachusetts, in an image used for illustration only.Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images A ...

It's been another banner year for the Jaafar family. Ali Jaafar and his two sons have combined to cash $5.8 million in lottery tickets in 2019 — mostly on tickets worth just $2,000 — a WBUR data ...

A jury began deliberating Friday afternoon in the trial of a father and son accused of a multi-million dollar state lottery fraud operation after lawyers offered their closing arguments. Ali Jaafar ...

WATERTOWN - A father and son from Massachusetts have both been sent to prison for running an elaborate lottery fraud scheme designed to enrich themselves and help prize winners avoid paying taxes on ...

A father and his sons illegally claimed thousands of winning lottery tickets in Massachusetts, prosecutors say. Jonathan Borba via Unsplash When a man’s accountant asked how he played the lottery so ...

RHONDELLA RICHARDSON. ED: THE MASSACHUSETTS LOTTERY WINS A COURT FIGHT OVER THEIR EFFORTS TO FIGHT SUSPECTED FRAUD. MARIA: 5 INVESTIGATES’ MIKE BEAUDET HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE FOR MONTHS NOW.

A Watertown family was charged this week with defrauding the government after they cashed in more than 13,000 winning lottery tickets worth nearly $21 million over the past decade. Prosecutors said ...

MARIA: GUILTY VERDICTS FOR A FATHER AND SON WHO WERE RUNNING A LOTTERY SCAM. ED: 5 INVESTIGATES’ MIKE BEAUDET HAS BEEN COVERING THIS CASE AND THE LOOPHOLE. REPORTER: THIS FAMILY CASHED MORE THAN ...

Ali Jaafar and his sons Mohamed and Yousef cashed in more than 13,000 Massachusetts lottery tickets, prosecutors said, allowing the actual winners to potentially avoid paying taxes or child support.

In 2019, Ali Jaafar was the top individual lottery ticket casher for Massachusetts, but according to federal court documents, his luck might have run out. Ali Jaafar, 62, and his two sons, Mohamed ...