Dad and Daughter Fined Millions for Stealing $9.5m Winning Lottery Ticket

Dad and Daughter Fined Millions for Stealing $9.5m Winning Lottery Ticket
In a major Canadian lottery fraud case, a dad-daughter duo was fined $4.5m for stealing a winning lottery ticket in Toronto. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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A dad-daughter duo in the Toronto area has been sentenced to seven and four years in prison respectively and fined $3.5 million ($4.6m Canadian) for stealing a winning lottery ticket back in 2003.

Jun-Chul Chung, 68, worked in a Variety Plus convenience store that was run by Kenneth Chung, Jun-Chul’s son, in Burlington, Ontario. Kathleen Chung, 36, is Kenneth’s brother and Jun-Chul’s daughter.

Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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