Massachusetts father and son sentenced to prison for $20 million lottery scam
CBSN
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 tickets and more than $20 million in laundered profits, authorities said Monday.
Ali Jaafar and his son Yousef Jaafar, of Watertown, were sentenced to five and roughly four years respectively Monday in federal court. The term "ten-percenting" refers to a lottery scheme where winning tickets are resold illegally at a discount price, allowing winners to avoid properly reporting the money on their tax returns.
The Jaafars, along with another son, Mohamed Jaafar, were initially accused in 2021 of scamming the Massachusetts lottery by conspiring with legitimate winners to buy the winnings at 10-20% of their actual value and subsequently filing false tax returns, CBS Boston reported at the time.
