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01/08/2012
Shop Worker Admits £1m Lottery Ticket Fraud
A shop worker tried to falsely claim a £1m Lottery prize by telling its owner she had won nothing.
Farrakh Nizzar told 77-year-old great-grandmother Maureen Holt he would throw her ticket away after scanning it at a convenience store in Oldham.
But he later phoned a lottery hotline saying he had bought the ticket from the store.
Lottery workers discovered, however, that the ticket had been bought on Mrs Holt's Tesco Clubcard and a nearby Tesco Extra store, not at the Best One Convenience Store in Watersheddings Street, where Nizzar worked.
The 20-year-old, of Woodlands Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at Oldham Magistrates' Court.
He has been remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing hearing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on August 20.
A spokesman for Camelot said: "Camelot takes matters of propriety very seriously. Our aim as operator of the National Lottery is to ensure we raise as much money as possible for National Lottery Good Causes through selling lottery tickets in a socially-responsible way. This involves running the National Lottery with the utmost integrity.
"In order to do this, we adhere to the highest standards in player protection.
"We are committed to investigating allegations made against any retailer selling National Lottery tickets. Such allegations are very rare - we work with approaching 30,000 retailers throughout the UK, with millions of transactions taking place every day."
(NE)
Farrakh Nizzar told 77-year-old great-grandmother Maureen Holt he would throw her ticket away after scanning it at a convenience store in Oldham.
But he later phoned a lottery hotline saying he had bought the ticket from the store.
Lottery workers discovered, however, that the ticket had been bought on Mrs Holt's Tesco Clubcard and a nearby Tesco Extra store, not at the Best One Convenience Store in Watersheddings Street, where Nizzar worked.
The 20-year-old, of Woodlands Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation at Oldham Magistrates' Court.
He has been remanded in custody ahead of his sentencing hearing at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on August 20.
A spokesman for Camelot said: "Camelot takes matters of propriety very seriously. Our aim as operator of the National Lottery is to ensure we raise as much money as possible for National Lottery Good Causes through selling lottery tickets in a socially-responsible way. This involves running the National Lottery with the utmost integrity.
"In order to do this, we adhere to the highest standards in player protection.
"We are committed to investigating allegations made against any retailer selling National Lottery tickets. Such allegations are very rare - we work with approaching 30,000 retailers throughout the UK, with millions of transactions taking place every day."
(NE)
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A worker at a Manchester shop has been jailed for fraudulently trying to claim a £1m lottery win of an elderly woman. 30-year-old Farrakh Nizzar told 77-year-old Maureen Holt that she hadn’t won anything when he scanned her ticket. He later tried to claim the EuroMillions winnings of £1m himself.
Shop Worker Jailed For Fraudulent £1m Lottery Claim
A worker at a Manchester shop has been jailed for fraudulently trying to claim a £1m lottery win of an elderly woman. 30-year-old Farrakh Nizzar told 77-year-old Maureen Holt that she hadn’t won anything when he scanned her ticket. He later tried to claim the EuroMillions winnings of £1m himself.
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