‘Lottery lawyer’ who stole $107M from winners for yachts, vacations gets 13 years for mobbed-up scheme
By Steven Vago and Priscilla DeGregory
The self-subscribed “lottery lawyer” who stole $107 million in prize money from jackpot winners and used the bounty on luxury vacations, yachts and a Porsche was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the mobbed-up scheme.
Jason Kurland, 49, was convicted by a jury last year of tricking lucky lottery-winning clients into handing over their money for investments but instead putting the cash into risky businesses he secretly co-owned and into shady investments pushed by reputed Genovese crime family soldier Christopher Chierchio.
“They were lucky winners, but when they met Mr. Kurland they ended up to be losers,” Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis said before handing down the hefty sentence.
Garaufis said Kurland’s goal was to “cash in on the success of his clients.”
Kurland — who was a partner at a Long Island law firm earning roughly $500,000 annually — targeted jackpot-winning clients starting in 2018, clinching a $1.5 billion Mega Millions winner, a $245 million Powerball winner and a $150 million jackpot winner.
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