For a $20 million lottery scam, a father and son will serve time in prison.

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According to the prosecution, a father and son from Massachusetts were punished in federal court on Monday for making fraudulent claims of winning the $20 million lottery.

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winnings and omitting $6 million in federal taxes by filing false tax returns. the Massachusetts District US Attorney's Office.

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It was revealed on Monday that Ali Jaafar, 63, had been given a five-year prison term, and his son Yousef, 29, had received a 50-month sentence. They needed to.

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Pay back about $6 million and give up their gains from the plan.

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In December, the two were found guilty of conspiring to defraud the IRS, money laundering, and submitting a false tax return.

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"This complex tax fraud."This father-and-son combination scammed the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission and the IRS for more than ten years in order to steal millions of the hard-earned money of the taxpayers.

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Joshua S. Levy, acting US Attorney, was quoted in the press release. These defendants established a huge network of accomplices and disseminated their lottery fraud routinely throughout Massachusetts.

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lying to government representatives. Valerie S. Carter informed CNN in an email on Tuesday that "The Jaafars' intention to appeal to the First Circuit Court of Appeals."

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Another son of Ali Jaafar, Mohamed Jaafar, admitted guilt to a scheme to defraud the IRS last year and will be punished in July. His lawyer has been contacted by CNN.

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