Overview

• A 42-year-old lottery clerk and her 37-year-old ex-partner were arrested in Alicante for allegedly defrauding a customer of a €40,000 lottery prize.
• The clerk falsely claimed a machine malfunction and told the ticket owner her prize was only €6, keeping the winning ticket.
• Days later, the ticket owner discovered the true prize amount and reported the fraud to authorities, who blocked the payout.
• Investigators found the ex-partner had attempted to claim the prize, but authorized lottery offices, alerted by police, prevented the transaction.
• The case has been forwarded to Alicante courts for prosecution, with police confirming the suspects acted in coordination to execute the fraud.