Story out of New York:
It takes a pair of Powerballs to try and pull this off.
A Bronx cab driver with big money woes swiped his buddy’s winning
$50,000 Powerball ticket — then tried to pass it off as his own,
authorities said Tuesday.
Segura Rubelin’s pal Victor Castillo didn’t win the
$1.5 billion jackpot that sent the nation into a fever pitch two weeks ago.
But the fortunate friend knew he had won enough money to tide him over
for a while — until he said the man who was like a brother to him snatched the ticket out of his hand.
And if that wasn’t enough, the backstabbing lottery larcener dashed off
with Castillo’s winning ticket to the bodega where it was purchased and
came back with another winning ticket — one worth a mere $4.
Following an investigation, Rubelin was arrested Tuesday and charged with grand larceny. Cont.
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