Shop worker runs off with US$1 million prize.

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A shop worker pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and left town,

Pankaj Joshi, a University of Texas at Arlington student who left his job at a Grand Prairie convenience store in June, according to court documents.

Investigators said a 67-year-old customer - named as Willis Willis - came to the Lucky Food Store, in Grand Prairie, Texas, to have a Mega Millions ticket and two Cash 5 tickets scanned, because he had not been able to locate the winning numbers.

Joshi scanned the tickets - the Mega Millions ticket was a $1 million winner - but only gave the customer $2 for one of the Cash 5 tickets.

Joshi later went to Austin and cashed in the Mega Millions ticket, receiving $750,000 after taxes, a search warrant affidavit said.

Authorities are looking into the possibility that Joshi has gone back to his native Nepal or elsewhere in South Asia, said Hector Gomez, the deputy U.S. marshal in Austin.

'It’s fair to say [Joshi’s] been running since July 29,' Gomez said.
'So he has a bit of a head start on us. But he’s still only one mistake away from getting caught. It’s early in the investigation and we are still developing information about his relatives, family and the places where he likes to hang out.'
'We intend to try to make the victim... as whole as possible,' said Patty Robertson, Travis County assistant district attorney.
'We are attempting to try and recover the remaining stolen money.'
Rahman said even though Willis is upset about the missing money, he still buys lottery tickets at Lucky's.
'He still trusts us,' he said.

Daily Mail