Very little information has been publicly released about Urachi F. Romero, the Hispanic man accused of stealing the winning $2 billion Powerball ticket in California that Edwin Castro ended up collecting.
Romero, a resident of Pasadena, is one of the defendants in the lawsuit filed last February by José Rivera.
In the lawsuit in the Alhambra Court in which Rivera demands that the money be redirected to him, since he is supposedly the legitimate winner of the fortune and not Castro, Romero is identified as the person who illegally took the winning ticket.
Initially, the document only identified Romero as “Reggie.” However, the text was later amended to include his given name.
The complaint does not provide further details about his identity or his relationship with the other parties named in the case; that is, Castro and Rivera.
However, information on Romero’s Facebook account and the content of an interview he gave to the New York Post (NYP) last May provide some information about his life, interests, and his version of the circumstances that led to the filing of the appeal. legal.
What does the lawsuit say in the figure Romero as indicated?
The lawsuit indicates that Rivera was the one who purchased the ticket containing the six winning Powerball numbers at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena on November 7.
That same day, Romero allegedly stole the Hispanic man’s ticket.
“After the defendant, ‘Reggie’, stole the ticket from the plaintiff, José Rivera, the plaintiff, requested on several occasions that the ticket be returned to him, but the defendant refused to return the ticket to the plaintiff,” the text states.
When the drawing was reported the next day, Rivera again asked Romero several times to return the ticket, but he supposedly responded with excuses such as that the ticket was not a winner, and that, if he found it, they would share the prize 50/ fifty.
Given Romero’s alleged blackmail, Rivera decided to alert the California Lottery and the Police about the situation.
The document does not explain how the ticket passed from Romero’s hands to Castro’s, a point that Castro’s defense has brought up to discredit the appeal.
Romero’s statements to the NYP
In the interview with the New York media, Romero stated that until last December he rented a room in his house to Rivera. How they met is unknown.
According to him, he began renting the space to Rivera when he was facing financial difficulties.
The relationship between the two was good, according to Romero, until Rivera’s ticket was allegedly stolen.
The landlord assured that it was not he who stole the ticket, but revealed that Rivera showed him the ticket and explained the selection of the numbers for the winning series.
“I saw José Rivera with that ticket…he showed it to me,” Romero insisted.
“I asked him why he chose 10 both times. He told me that was the day both parents died. He chose 47 because that is his age. He also said that his father always wanted a 1956 Chevy truck, so he selected the 56. He had a reason for choosing each of the numbers and he told me that before (the drawing), “the man explained to the N.Y.P.
“But I don’t know how he lost that ticket,” he continued. “I hope my name is cleared because it is very strange that I am in the middle of all this money, but I still have nothing. “How do I steal a ticket worth billions of dollars and I don’t have a single one?” questioned the Hispanic.
Romero added that a friend of Rivera’s who was sleeping at the house before the drawing and who took his work pants the next morning may have kept the ticket. This person supposedly has a connection to the Castro family.
As part of the exchange with the media, Romero provided a video that he took of Rivera at home while he was checking drawers looking for the ticket.
Details on your Facebook profile
Information shared on his Facebook account indicates that Romero, of Mexican origin, has two children.
The profile also states that he studied at John H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles.
His specific profession is unclear. It should be noted that Romero speaks perfect English.
In the publications there are no references to the lawsuit over ownership of the ticket.
A hearing in the case is scheduled for September 29 at 8:30 am.
The meeting is expected to discuss appeals that have been presented by the defendants to dismiss the lawsuit, according to the case summary on lacourt.org.
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