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Florida Walmart cashier swiped $2,700 winning lottery ticket from elderly customer: cops
New York Post • • business
Key Points:
- A Florida Walmart cashier, Tameka Hall, 40, faces a felony grand-theft charge for allegedly stealing a $2,700 winning lottery ticket from an elderly customer at a DeLand superstore.
- Surveillance footage reportedly shows Hall folding the customer's lottery receipt and putting it into her uniform pocket before leaving work without handing it over.
- The victim realized the receipt was missing hours later and alerted store management, who reviewed security footage and confirmed the theft.
- Hall told police she got distracted and intended to give the receipt to a manager, but authorities found the ticket in her car before arresting her; she has since been fired from Walmart.
- Lottery expert Oscar Acosta advises players to immediately sign, photograph, and securely store winning tickets to prevent loss or theft.
