Edwin Castro, the Hispanic identified by the California Lottery as the $2 billion Powerball winner last November, was caught leaving a Chase bank with envelopes of money.
The Splash News news agency took photos of Edwin Castro this Wednesday as he left the branch surrounded by security personnel.
Castro, 30, was wearing an “Under Armor” T-shirt, sports pants and flip-flops when carrying out the bank process.
Like a movie star, the Los Angeles-raised Hispanic hopped into his new Porsche 911, valued at about $250,000. He looked smiling and not at all evasive. Although the news outlet’s staff did not question him, judging by reports at the time.
Another individual accompanied him in the “vintage” type vehicle.
Although the announced amount of the “jackpot” was $2,000 million, due to the payment of federal taxes, Castro was left with about $628.5 million.
Previously, TMZ released images of Castro, but old ones, as part of a story in which he offered minimal information about the identity of the winner of the biggest lottery prize in the United States.
In that review, it is highlighted that the Hispanic grew up in an “upright” family, was a member of the Boy Scouts organization for many years and was an athlete in high school where he played baseball and soccer. A later Univision report indicates that Castro worked as a mechanic and began architecture studies at Woodbury University, in the city of Burbank, in Los Angeles County. Additionally, he worked as a receptionist at the university gym.
As part of his stay at the private study center, he completed an internship in the summer of 2014 at the downtown Los Angeles architectural firm, RTKL Associates.
The winning ticket for the unprecedented amount was purchased at Joe’s Service Station in Altadena. In that same city, Castro invested close to $4 million in a Japanese-style mansion. Previously, the lucky disbursement of $25.5 million in another mansion, but in the Hollywood Hills.
On February 14, lottery officials announced that Castro was the grand prize winner for the November 8 drawing. The only statements that Castro gave, at that time, were written and through the representatives of the entity, since he did not participate in the press conference.
“As much as I am shocked and ecstatic to have won the Powerball, the real winner is the California public school system,” Castro said in the written statements.
“The mission of the California Lottery, which is to provide supplemental funding for public education in California—both public schools and universities—makes this a great victory for the state. As someone who was rewarded by being educated in the California public education system, it is gratifying to hear that, as a result of my winning, the California public education system benefits greatly as well,” she added.
A few days later, the lawsuit of another Hispanic, identified as José Rivera, against Castro, Urachi F. Romero (Reggie) and the California Lottery, alleging that he is the real winner and that his ticket was stolen, was revealed. It is not clear from the lawsuit how the ticket got into Castro’s hands.
Neither Castro nor Romero have made statements on this matter. Neither did the plaintiff.
The California Lottery for its part insists that Castro is the legitimate winner and that the requirements to confirm a jackpot winner in the state do not lend themselves to fraud.
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