A mother-of-two was nearly cheated out of $90,000 she had won on the lottery after a convenience store owner tried to pass her ticket off as his own, authorities said.
Kecia Parker from Dunn, North Carolina, was able to be tracked down by state lottery staff because she played the same numbers, at the same store every week since the lottery started in 2006.
Police arrested Pop Mart owner Sureshbha Patel after lottery officials became suspicious that he didn’t claim the cash for several months after the ticket had been purchased.
