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Drug Dealer Ordered to Return Lottery Payoff10 June 2003HOUSTON, Texas -- As reported by Reuters: ``A Texas man who won $5.5 million in the state lottery has been ordered to give it up because he bought the winning ticket with money made selling cocaine, federal officials said Friday. ``Lawyers for Jose Luis Betancourt argued that the ticket was purchased with cash from selling old clothes, but a jury in federal court in Brownsville, Texas, disagreed and ruled on Wednesday he had to forfeit the cash, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy Herrera. ``Betancourt, 52, was arrested on Jan. 17, just three days after collecting the $5.5 million, for selling 36 grams of cocaine to an undercover agent. ``…He was found guilty of drug dealing last week and is behind bars awaiting sentencing that could put him in prison for life…” |