An individual who once shared a $30.6m Powerball jackpot prize and also previously won $100,000 in the lottery allegedly stole $73,183 from a Pennsylvania town’s parks commission to feed a gambling addiction.
Georgianna Carter was formerly the Point Marion Borough Parks Commission vice president, which meant that she had control over park funds. She allegedly used this power to steal the money from hundreds of payments between April 2021 and August 2022.
wasn’t enough money to cover bills
The theft only came to light after there wasn’t enough money to cover bills relating to the regatta, a big event in Point Marion. Borough Mayor Carl Able Jr. then discovered the unauthorized transactions after looking into the matter. Carter didn’t face charges at the time despite admitting to the offense.
Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele decided to reopen the case after Carter only paid back about $17,000 of the stolen funds. The 58-year-old now faces felony theft charges.
Aubele said the loss is still impacting the number of events that the local parks commission can run several years later.
Carter’s Powerball win came in 2022 when she shared the $30.6m prize with her partner in West Virginia. They accepted a lump sum payment of $12m instead of getting $893,520 in annual payments for 25 years.
