This guy from Alberta has me beat. It looks like his $17 million was tied up for about 10 months. I think he should receive the lost interest. I remember a story in England where someone tried to make a claim against a lottery winner and it was tied up in the court system for years. When the ruling was made by a judge that there was no wrong-doing, the person making the claim was on the hook for over 300,000+ pounds (approx. $600,000+ CDN) and was crying to the media that they were going to lose their house to pay the court costs.
When you win REAL BIG, often people come out of the woodwork making a claim thinking they have nothing to lose, only to gain. They hope they will be paid off.
I recall another story involving some A&W workers from Mission, BC who won over $14 million on Lotto 649. The employees put in $2 each for a ticket, and they’d purchased 9 tickets for a total of $18. After the news of their win, another six people came forward claiming to be in the group too. It became a lengthy legal battle.
Hats off to Seguro Ndabene of Airdrie, Alberta for not giving in and paying off the scammer.
