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someone stole your credit card and then won 1 million dollars...

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june262004
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someone stole your credit card and then won 1 million dollars...

could you imagine




Police: Woman Used Stolen Card in Lottery

MEDFORD, Ore.
2005, 10 28

A woman bought a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million with a stolen credit card and could wind up with nothing if convicted, police said.

Christina Goodenow, 38, of White City in southern Oregon faced numerous theft-related charges, forgery and possession of methamphetamine, said authorities, who searched her home Thursday. The card belonged to a deceased relative, they said.

If convicted of any of the charges, Goodenow will not be able to collect prize money from the winning ticket, said police Lt. Tim George.

Oregon Lottery officials refused to discuss specifics of the case because an investigation is still under way.

"I'll be fascinated to see how this shakes out," Lottery spokesman Chuck Baumann said. "In my 12 years with the Oregon Lottery, this is the first time I've encountered something like this."

Goodenow purchased the winning ticket Oct. 9 using a credit card that had belonged to her mother-in-law, who died more than a year ago, police said.

Goodenow traveled to Oregon Lottery headquarters in Salem on Oct 12 to accept an installment payment of $33,500. The $1 million grand prize is paid out over 20 years.

Detectives began tracking Goodenow on Wednesday after learning that she had used the credit card to purchase several items, including the ticket.

A search warrant served at her home Thursday turned up some methamphetamine, but little money, George said.

"Our investigation is still trying to determine what happened to the $33,500," George said.

Posted 10/28/05 9:29 AM
 
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Re: someone stole your credit card and then won 1 million dollars...

Gees...talk about bad kharma!! Chat Icon

Posted 10/28/05 9:44 AM
 

june262004
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Re: someone stole your credit card and then won 1 million dollars...

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Gees...talk about bad kharma!! Chat Icon



seriously Chat Icon

Posted 10/28/05 11:58 AM
 

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Re: someone stole your credit card and then won 1 million dollars...

Didn't something like this just happen in LI? A home health care aid won Lotto. The daughter of the person she was helping found out that she was bilking her father out of money?

I believe she didnt' get the money in the end...I'll have to hit Newsday's archives.

Posted 10/28/05 2:47 PM
 

karacg
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Re: someone stole your credit card and then won 1 million dollars...

She shouldn't get the $$ ... she should go to jail. The $$ should go to a reform school or something! Chat Icon

Posted 10/28/05 3:04 PM
 
 

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