Sunday, June 18, 2023
‘Lottery lawyer’ who stole $107M from winners for yachts, vacations gets 13 years for mobbed-up scheme
Attorney, Jason Kurland, was convicted last year of tricking lottery winners into handing over their money for investments and putting the cash into risky businesses that he co-owned.
Kurland was a partner at a Long Island law firm and targeted jackpot-winning clients starting in 2018. These newly wealthy clients paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars to advise them on how to invest their earnings. Instead, he received kickbacks, abused their trust, used the money to take expensive vacations, and purchased two yachts and a luxury vehicle.
In court, Kurland tearfully told the judge that he was ashamed and embarrassed when he received a lengthy sentence.
For more information see Steven Vago and Priscilla DeGregory “‘Lotter lawyer; who stole $107M from winners for yahcts, vacations gets 13 years for mobbed-up scheme” New York Post, June 15, 2023.
Special thanks to David S. Luber (Florida Probate Attorney) for bringing this article to my attention.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2023/06/lottery-lawyer-who-stole-107m-from-winners-for-yachts-vacations-gets-13-years-for-mobbed-up-scheme.html
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