A deli owner and his son were charged with grand larceny Saturday, accused of scamming a man out of a $1 million lottery ticket.
Nassau County police say the man, 34, who does not speak English, bought the ticket Thursday at Peninsula Deli & Grocery in Hempstead, Long Island. He scratched off his card, saw that he was a winner, and handed it to Karim Jaghab, 26, to get his winnings, police said. Jaghab gave the man $1,000 and kept the ticket, police said. The customer got suspicious and went back Friday. Police say Jaghab and his father, Nabil, 57, the owner of the deli, tried to give him $10,000. The customer went to police, who determined that he had won the $1 million jackpot.
According to Newsday, their attorney said it was a simple mistake on a payout on a lottery machine. - AP