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CENTRE COUNTY, PA. (WTAJ)-- A man and his son were able to steal thousands of dollars of scratch off tickets from the Pennsylvania Lottery by creating fake bar codes from their phones, according to state police.
Eslam Hamouda, 52, of PA Furnace, and his son, who was 17 at the time, were able to steal $65,000 worth of scratch-off tickets from kiosks at stores in Blair and Centre counties in December, according to the charges filed by state police at Rockview. They also got an additional $40,000 from the winning tickets.
A search warrant was executed at their home in February and on Hamouda's Rav-4. Over 500 Pa. Lottery draw game tickets, five vouchers, two shopping cart receipts, $615 in scratched tickets and $2,900 worth of unscratched tickets along with $69,691 in cash were found, according to the criminal complaint.
Hamouda's son's phone was also taken and on it were conversations between the two about bar codes, tickets and winnings, troopers noted in the complaint. A barcode generator they allegedly used to make fake Pa. Lottery coupons was also found.
During a week in December the Pa....
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