Lottery Fraud Which Led to Arrests and a Book: A True Crime Saga That Shook the Nation

It reads like a Hollywood crime thriller or a gripping Netflix docuseries, cybercrime, deception, offshore shell companies, and even a side of Bigfoot hunting. But this wasn’t fiction. It all happened in the heart of Iowa. What began as a mysterious unclaimed lottery ticket turned into one of the most shocking fraud cases in U.S. history, resulting in multiple arrests, a best-selling book, and national media coverage. At the center of it all was Terry Rich, the former President and CEO of the Iowa Lottery, who helped lead the charge in unraveling a case so bizarre and calculated, it threatened the integrity of the entire $80 billion U.S. lottery industry. “This was like nothing we had ever seen before,” said Rich in a recent interview on The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast . “We were dealing with someone on the inside who had found a way to game a system designed to be foolproof.” The scandal started to take shape in 2010, when a $14.3 million Hot Lotto jackpot went u...