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 Lottery Case-Pankaj Joshi

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Posted on 02-18-10 1:22 AM     Reply [Subscribe]
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http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1973913.html


Willis Willis will finally get some of his $1 million lottery jackpot.


On Tuesday, state District Judge Bob Perkins signed an order restoring to the Grand Prairie man $395,000 seized from the bank account of a store clerk accused of stealing the winning ticket.


"I feel pretty good, a bit relieved," said Willis, 67, shortly after the hearing in Austin. "I'm glad we finally made it to this point."


Willis said he planned to spend part of the money on medical bills and a daughter's college tuition.


"It's all stuff that has to be paid for," he said. "Things I really needed the money to take care of."


About $365,000 of the cash restored to Willis was seized by Travis County prosecutors from bank accounts opened by the store clerk, Pankaj Joshi. The other $30,000 was recovered from people in Dallas to whom Joshi had given money.


Authorities believe Joshi took the ticket from Willis, told him it was not a winner and cashed the ticket himself. He then returned to his native Nepal.


The Nepalese government has frozen an additional bank account connected to Joshi there, said Patty Robertson, a Travis County assistant district attorney. Sean Breen, Willis' Austin-based attorney, said the account is believed to hold around $300,000.


Prosecutors are working with the U.S. State Department to return to the money to Travis County. However, because a foreign government is involved, the process is complicated, Robertson said.


"I really don't have a timetable on when, or if, that will happen," she said.


About $50,000 of the winnings probably won't be recovered because Joshi withdrew it in cash, Breen said.


Joshi, 25, who was a student at the University of Texas at Arlington, is charged in Travis County with fraud and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. His bond is set at $10 million.


Authorities have gone to great lengths to locate him. Robertson said. They have contacted his parents and notified the Nepal Embassy in Washington, D.C.


Newspapers in Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital, have reported extensively on the case, she added.


Breen said he will continue to try to force the Texas Lottery Commission to award Willis the rest of the jackpot. Lottery officials have refused, saying they consider Joshi the winner because he signed and redeemed the ticket.


After Tuesday's ruling, Breen said he wondered how the commission could still deny that Willis was the winner.


"The judge looked at the evidence and determined it was obvious Mr. Willis was the winner," he said.


Willis bought the winning ticket May 29 at the Lucky Food Store at 902 Great Southwest Parkway in Grand Prairie, authorities said. He returned there May 31 to have the Mega Millions ticket and others scanned to see whether they were winners.


The Mega Millions ticket was a winner, but Joshi, who scanned it, gave Willis only $2 for a Cash 5 ticket, authorities said.



 
Posted on 02-19-10 1:51 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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NepAmerican: I pity your intellect and logic. Going solely by your post, I strongly recommend you go back to kindergartens...
 
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Posted on 02-19-10 1:58 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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One thing that bothers me a lot is why in the earth these so called EDUCATED fools  in Sajha jump into conclusion to say that Mr. Joshi is a crook, low life, criminal blah blah blah.


Don't you fools see that he is accused of stealing, I repeat, accused of stealing, not convicted.


innocent until proven guilty by the court of law....  Remember?


PS-- I am in now way connected to Mr. Joshi other than we both being Nepali.


 
Posted on 02-19-10 2:47 PM     Reply [Subscribe]
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I wonder why he does not give himself up to the authorities if he thinks he is innocent. I think there is a pending warrant for his arrest in Texas. I agree it's all alleged, but you are free to draw your own conclusions if this guy decides to hide from the law.
 
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'Fugitive on the run is what Pankaj Joshi is. He won't come back to Texas to clear his name. He is gone into hiding , God knows, for how long. Fugitive try to get away from the law when their hope of being proven innocent is close to nil. That proves something right there.
Nepal is what it is today because not only the leaders but the people too try to defend criminals with no regard to rule of law or morality.
The US consulate needs to stop granting visas to criminals and prostitutes so that they won't hurt good Nepalese' reputation in the US.
 
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Two thumbs all the way up for Mr. Hyde...


 



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