He will also have to pay a fine of 3,200 euros, Italian media reported on Friday. The tobacconist was arrested at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport in September 2021 while trying to reach the Canary Islands after stealing the ticket.
After realizing that she had won half a million euros with her scratch card, the pensioner returned to the tobacconist in Naples where she had bought it. One of the tobacconist’s owners checked the ticket, found that it was valid and handed it to a colleague. He fled with the scratch card and on a scooter.
A European arrest warrant was issued. The man was found at Rome airport with a ticket to Fuerteventura in his pocket. The prosecutor investigating the case complained that the accused had shown no remorse and had also threatened a nephew of the pensioner. The convicted person wants to appeal against the verdict.
Source: Nachrichten
