I thought I should apprise you of the latest developments concerning your lottery winnings. Sly Jackson, the ex-Commissioner for the lottery was arrested in Vegas last week. He was actually caught on a public indecency charge but things quickly started to unravel.  It seems he still had access to the state annuity fund from which the periodic payments to winners are made. That fund has been ‘compromised’.

At this point we feel confident that the state is legally and ethically bound to complete its financial commitment to you. However,  the scale of the fraud is not yet known and the account may be frozen. The unusual shared agreement between you and Miss Simmons also complicates matters.  You will both have to be treated as individual litigants.

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Krasman and Werthnow, Philadelphia