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Sometimes justice is served...
Topic Started: Aug 11 2007, 10:25 AM (76 Views)
ivorythumper
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Woman Must Forfeit $1 Million Jackpot
AP
Posted: 2007-08-10 19:23:14


MEDFORD, Ore. (Aug. 10) - A judge ruled that a woman who used a stolen credit card to buy a winning scratch-it ticket has no right to the $1 million prize.

Jackson County Judge Ray White ruled Thursday that the winnings were the proceeds of illegal activity and must be forfeited under Oregon law.

Prosecutors say Christina Goodenow of White City used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend's dead mother to buy the lucky lottery ticket at a market in Central Point in October 2005.

Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit card.

The Oregon Lottery had already paid Goodenow $33,500, the first of 20 annual payouts. She spent the majority of the money, including a big chunk that went to pay off nearly $12,000 owed on the credit card.

Goodenow, who pleaded no contest to forgery, cheating and aggravated theft, maintains she bought the winning ticket with cash from her own pocket. Goodenow said she plans to appeal.

Besides stripping Goodenow of her winnings, the judge sentenced Goodenow to a month in jail. But White gave her credit for the six months she served earlier this year for possessing methamphetamine.

Goodenow must spend two years on probation.


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2007-08-10 18:52:21
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LWpianistin
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Aqua Letifer
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She also used her winnings to pay off the credit card she stole?
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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ivorythumper
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Aqua Letifer
Aug 11 2007, 11:27 AM
She also used her winnings to pay off the credit card she stole?

She might have gotten away with it if she didn't continue to use the stolen card. :doh:
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ivorythumper
Aug 11 2007, 02:28 PM
Aqua Letifer
Aug 11 2007, 11:27 AM
She also used her winnings to pay off the credit card she stole?

She might have gotten away with it if she didn't continue to use the stolen card. :doh:

Heh. Yeah, I thought that too.
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Aqua Letifer
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ivorythumper
Aug 11 2007, 10:28 AM
Aqua Letifer
Aug 11 2007, 11:27 AM
She also used her winnings to pay off the credit card she stole?

She might have gotten away with it if she didn't continue to use the stolen card. :doh:

That's true, but I mean c'mon, she was paying her debt back? Doesn't sound all THAT bad then.
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She would have got away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids! :angry:


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Her biggest crime was stupidity continuing to use a stolen credit card after she had won 1 million dollars.
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