She must have thought she had found “the perfect scam.” The 43-year-old employee of a Montpellier tobacconist had been stealing her employer for months, but not money in the cash register, scratch games. She has stolen several thousand since May 2021, for a total of 80,000 euros.
When they were winners, so as not to attract suspicion, she would have them validated and collect the winnings in two other trades.
The baraka of this player surprised them, especially sinceshe never bought tickets from them, so they reported it to the Française des Jeux, which for its part noticed that the winning games all came from the same tobacconist.
Difficult to know how much she won, since the winnings below 300 euros are paid by the tobacconist, the FDJ made her 8 transfers for 4000 euros.
During searches at his home, the police found 3,000 euros in cash as well as luxury clothes and bags which will be donated to charities.
The 40-year-old will be summoned before a judicial police officer.