{"id":244538,"date":"2025-02-22T16:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/thieves-buy-winning-e500000-lottery-ticket-with-stolen-credit-card\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:03:11","slug":"thieves-buy-winning-e500000-lottery-ticket-with-stolen-credit-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/thieves-buy-winning-e500000-lottery-ticket-with-stolen-credit-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Thieves buy winning \u20ac500,000 lottery ticket with stolen credit card"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man whose credit card was stolen and used to buy a winning lottery ticket is appealing for the thieves to come forward – so they can split the cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The thieves bought a winning \u20ac500,000 (\u00a3414,000) scratchcard with the stolen card in the French city of Toulouse.<\/p>\n

But the ticket has not been submitted to claim the prize.<\/p>\n

The victim of the theft, identified in police documents as Jean-David E, had his backpack containing his bank card stolen from his car earlier this month.<\/p>\n

He asked his bank to block it but learned his card had already been used in a local shop, where two apparently homeless men had used it to buy a winning scratch card.<\/p>\n

“They were so totally happy that they forgot their cigarettes and their belongings and walked out like crazy people,” Jean-David’s lawyer Pierre Debuisson said.<\/p>\n

He said Jean-David has filed a police complaint about the theft, but is ready to withdraw it if the thieves come forward so that they can share the money.<\/p>\n

“It’s an incredible story, but it’s all true,” he added.<\/p>\n

The lawyer launched a national appeal on Thursday, asking the thieves to contact his office to make a deal.<\/p>\n

“Without them, no one would have won,” he told public broadcaster France-2.<\/p>\n

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La Francaise des Jeux (FDJ), the state lottery operator, said no one had yet submitted the ticket to claim the prize.<\/p>\n

Mr Debuisson said prosecutors may try to seize the winnings, considering them illegally obtained gains, and warned the ticket will eventually expire.<\/p>\n

“Time is working against us,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You risk nothing… we will share with you,” he said. “And you would be able to change your lives.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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