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May 23, 2023 · Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, cashed in 14,000 winning lottery tickets over a roughly 10-year period, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston announced Monday.
Aug 23, 2021 · Ali Jaafar and Mohamed Jaafar pleaded not guilty on Monday afternoon, appearing by videoconference in federal court in Boston. They had both been arrested earlier on Monday and were later...
- Neil Vigdor
May 23, 2023 · On Monday, the 63-year-old was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $6 million in restitution with his son, Yousef Jaafar, 29, after they were found guilty of a decade-long...
May 23, 2023 · U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton sentenced Ali Jaafar to five years and Yousef Jaafar to 50 months in prison, and ordered both to pay back the $6 million in restitution in addition...
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May 23, 2023 · The father and son duo were found guilty of a decade-long scheme to cash in winning lottery tickets for a discount and claim false tax refunds. They were ordered to pay $6 million in restitution and serve prison terms of five and four years.
Oct 25, 2023 · Ali and Yousef Jaafar were convicted in an elaborate lottery scheme known as "ten-percenting," cashing in 14,000 winning tickets, the DOJ says.
May 23, 2023 · Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, of Watertown were what’s known as “discounters,” or “10-percenters,” operating an industrial-scale ticket-cashing scheme that grossed $21 million in eight...
