Winner's lottery check cashed by others

YOUNGSTOWN

A Youngstown man won an Ohio Lottery contest, but his winner’s check from the Ohio Lottery Commission was cashed at the Huntington Bank in Girard by someone else.

According to a police report filed Wednesday, two people signed their names on the check, but neither name belonged to the winner.

Police received a phone call from the man, saying he was awaiting his cash winnings from the lottery.

According to the report, the man said he called the lottery commission to inquire on his cash reward. The commission told the man he would receive a check by mail sometime in June.

After waiting nearly the entire month of June, the man again contacted the commission again, only to find out his $3,726 winner’s check had been mailed May 27 and cashed June 2.

The man told police he had not given permission to anyone to cash the check, and he did not recognize the two names on the back of the endorsed check. Police advised the man to follow up with the lottery commission.