Boston Man Hid Lottery Win from IRS

A Boston cop will end up winning a federal conviction on a scratch-off ticket.

Dana Lamb, 57, of Roslindale, has agreed with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to one count of filing a false document with the Internal Revenue Service, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office.

In May 2020, prosecutors say Lamb won $10,000 on a Massachusetts State Lottery Commission scratch ticket, which he then sold to a convenience store owner for $7,500 in cash.

The unnamed store owner then allegedly sold that ticket to another unnamed person who redeemed it with the state. Lamb is alleged to have not reported the $10,000 in his tax returns for that year, according to court records. He now owes $1,800 in back taxes.

While a plea hearing has not yet been scheduled, the agreed-upon deal released Thursday recommends Lamp serve one year of probation, pay an unspecified fine, pay a mandatory special assessment of $50 and pay $1,800 in restitution. A spokesman for the Boston Police Department told the Herald that Lamb has been placed on administrative leave.

According to the Herald’s database of city employee pay, Lamb made $102,693.97 in 2020 and grossed $113,062.76 last year.

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