Crime families, shady investments and a court case for conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering.
No, this isn’t the description of a new mob movie coming out soon. These are allegations against New York “lottery lawyer” Jason Kurland in federal court.
Kurland faces a three-week trial in Brooklyn. He faces charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. Among the accusations, Kurland allegedly steered New York Lottery winners’ money into his own cash advance business and lost more than $80 million of his clients’ money in a Ponzi scheme.
Kurland took advantage of NY Lottery winner
It all started in 2018 when Nadlall Mangal, a Staten Island mechanic, cashed in big time when he won New York’s $245 million Powerball drawing. After coming into such a large amount of money, Mangal needed help investing his new funds.
That’s when Mangal was befriended by Kurland so the two could form a professional relationship. Mangal would soon put his full trust in Kurland to make sure his money was being handled properly, and it wasn’t crazy to do so because Kurland was known for representing winners of the New York Lottery. But Mangal would soon come to greatly regret his decision.
Last Wednesday in court, federal prosecutors claimed that once Kurland gained Mangal’s trust, he started convincing his new client to invest in businesses that he owned, and he would even receive kickbacks on some investments. Mangal had this to say about their…
