Posted on: July 15, 2022, 11:44h.
Last updated on: July 15, 2022, 02:06h.
The trial kicked off this week of a so-called “lottery lawyer,” accused by federal prosecutors of siphoning $107 million from three jackpot winners he was paid to advise.
Feds say Long Island attorney Jason “Jay” Kurland steered his clients’ money into his own merchant cash advance business. He also lost multiple millions in a Ponzi scheme. He plowed yet more money into a disastrous venture to sell personal protective equipment (PPE) to the state of California, according to prosecutors.
Until his arrest in August 2020, Kurland was America’s foremost counsel to the suddenly super-rich, advising lottery winners on how to protect themselves, their anonymity, and their money.
In 2018, he began representing the biggest jackpot winner of all time, the anonymous individual who that year purchased a $1.5 billion Mega Millions ticket at a South Carolina convenience store. This individual is one of the three victims, according to prosecutors.
Now, Kurland is facing conspiracy charges, wire fraud, and money…
