An Oregon woman won $1 million on a scratch-and-win lottery ticket. Too bad she bought the ticket with a stolen credit card. A Jackson County judge recently ruled Christina Goodenow’s winnings were the proceeds of illegal activity and must be forfeited under Oregon law.
The Seattle Times reported Goodenow had asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming she was a victim of domestic abuse. Goodenow bought the ticket with a credit card belonging to her boyfriend’s dead mother in 2005. Police learned of her crime two weeks later as she continued to use the stolen credit card. Oregon had already paid Goodenow $33,500 which she has mostly spent.
Although Goodenow pled no contest to forgery, cheating, and aggravated theft, she maintains she bought the winning ticket with cash from her own pocket.
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