If you are lucky enough to win a lottery jackpot, you should have to waste your time with quacks claiming your winnings should be theirs.It happened to Rebecca Jemison. She won $162 million in a Mega Millions lottery jackpot in January of 2004. But prior to her actually claiming the prize, another woman by the name of Elecia Battle filed a police report, claiming that she had the winning ticket and that she lost it. That prompted a search outside of a convenience store on a cold, snowy January day in Ohio. No lost ticket was found.
There was a reason that the lost ticket was not found - Elecia Battle made up the story. That's fraud, an offense punishable by 1-to-6-months in jail and a $1000 fine. After initially filing a lawsuit to try to prevent Rebecca Jamison from collecting the winnings, Elecia cracked under the pressure and admitted to lying. She also added, "I'm not a bad person, I'm really not." Ya, OK Elecia.
But the good news is that Rebecca Jemison was able to collect her Mega Millions jackpot of $162 million and is now rich beyond her wildest dreams. I'm sure she's somewhere living the good life right now while Elecia Battle is somewhere crying all over her food stamps.
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