Incident
incident:puerto_rico_lottery_fraud
Also: lottery fraud
A fraud operation in which lottery database payouts were altered and winning tickets were used to extract or launder money.
A fraud operation in which lottery database payouts were altered and winning tickets were used to extract or launder money.
“we’ve got soup to nuts evidence of freaking fraud right here”
“they were using these winning lottery tickets to launder money”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Puerto Rico lottery | Explicit | 101 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Government of Puerto Rico | Explicit | 101 |
| outgoing | DISCOVERED_BY | Os | Explicit | 101 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | cartel | Attributed | 101 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Explicit | 101 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | United States Marine Corps | Derived | 101 |
Puerto Rico lottery fraud INVOLVES Puerto Rico lottery
The incident concerned millions of dollars being stolen through the Puerto Rico lottery and manipulation of its payout system.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Os EP 101 Details
“we are losing millions and millions of dollars a month through the lottery of Puerto Rico”
“Someone inside the lottery IT team was going into the database and changing one number”
Puerto Rico lottery fraud INVOLVES Government of Puerto Rico
The investigation was commissioned and authorized by the Government of Puerto Rico, including the governor and government systems.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 101 Details
“The government of Puerto Rico hired this consulting agency to come do some work”
“The governor of Puerto Rico looks at me and the team”
Puerto Rico lottery fraud DISCOVERED_BY Os
Os and his team uncovered the database manipulation and traced it to an insider.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 101 Details
“Os has cracked the case”
“He’s figured out how the millions of dollars are being stolen from the lottery”
Puerto Rico lottery fraud INVOLVES cartel
The lottery fraud was linked to a cartel operation involving money laundering through winning lottery tickets, according to the episode’s account of the investigation and court records.
Attributed Confidence 96% · Os EP 101 Details
“they were also running guns and drugs through that process”
“the court records show that they had someone inside the lottery who would produce winning lottery tickets”
Puerto Rico lottery fraud INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI investigated the lottery fraud, received Os’s evidence, and took over most of the investigation.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Os EP 101 Details
“I immediately have to contact the bureau, the FBI field office in Puerto Rico”
“The bureau took over most of the investigation”
Puerto Rico lottery fraud INVOLVES United States Marine Corps
The incident account involves Os’s prior Marine Corps cybersecurity experience, which he drew on while investigating the lottery network.
Derived Confidence 78% · Jack Rhysider EP 101 Details
“Os has done a number of penetration tests before he did offensive work while in the Marines”