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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1479667, member: 19065&quot;]Hey Rube!&nbsp; <b>Talk!</b> <b>It&#039;s Coin<span style="color: #0000cd">Talk</span>.</b> <b>Chat!</b> It&#039;s posted in the <b>Coin Chat</b> sub-forum. Please don&#039;t just post all these news stories without some of you own thoughts on the topic. <u>MANY</u> of us already subscribe to these same numismatic e-newsletters and or read them online, though news filters, rss, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There have been similar cases to this story in other communities in the past. Temptation, even in such small increments just eats away at folks it seems. Here&#039;s a real gem of a story, transit workers stealing lots of fare change to buy lotto tickets!</p><p><br /></p><p>[h=1]<font size="3"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-coin-thefts-20120319,0,4395608.story" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-coin-thefts-20120319,0,4395608.story" rel="nofollow">Coins were a clue: Ex-transit workers stole fares to play lottery</a></font>[/h]<i>from</i> <b>The L.A. Times</b> [3/19/12]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<span style="color: #000099">&quot;Authorities received <b>a tip that a man driving a Jaguar and wearing a&nbsp; police uniform was buying lottery tickets with bags of change</b> -- $28,000&nbsp; worth of tickets in a three-month period last year, according to court&nbsp; records.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000099"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000099"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000099">Haile has won more than $60,000 from the Lottery since&nbsp; 2008, and bank records showed him with &quot;significant unexplained cash&nbsp; deposit activity’’ in excess of $150,000 since 2008, according to court&nbsp; records.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not a real clever one that was! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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