Imagine an office winning $10,000 in a lottery pool. Fun, right? Not so much in this case after one worker allegedly stole the winning ticket and cashed it for himself.
Sometimes employees boost each others’ morale by participating in their own fun workplace activities. March Madness pools are an example, as are collective lottery pools.
But an employee at a Missouri company took some of the fun out of winning the lottery for his co-workers when he allegedly cashed the winning check for $10,000 and kept the money for himself.
Curtis Devore faces charges of felony theft and five years in prison, according to KSDK-TV.
A supervisor noticed Devore had altered a spreadsheet that contained the winning lottery numbers. Shortly after that, Devore cashed in a winning ticket for $10,000.
The money was recovered and will be spread evenly among the participating employees.
Devore was taken into custody. A judge set bond at $100,000. And how’s this on a sense of fair play by the judge: To be released, Devore would have to post 10% of the bond, $10,000 – that’s right, the same amount of money he’s accused of stealing.
