tommie gorman Posted August 11, 2007 CID Share Posted August 11, 2007 WHITE CITY, Ore. -- A local woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally. Prosecutors said Christina Goodenow, of White City, used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend's dead mother to buy a winning $1 million Scratch-It ticket in Oct. 2005. Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later, as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit card. On Thursday, Jackson County Judge Ray White ruled that the winnings were the proceeds of illegal activity and must be forfeited under Oregon law. Goodenow pleaded no contest to forgery, cheating and aggravated theft. Besides stripping Goodenow of her winnings, White sentenced Goodenow to a month in jail. But White gave her credit for the six months she served earlier this year for possessing methamphetamine. Goodenow, who maintains she bought the winning ticket with cash from her own pocket and said she plans to appeal, must spend two years on probation. http://www.kptv.com/news/13864627/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted August 11, 2007 CID Share Posted August 11, 2007 poetic justice , maybe she will now live up to her name in future ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted August 11, 2007 CID Share Posted August 11, 2007 The last part of her name says now, nothing about the past or the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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