Scratch and win stolen in Naples, tobacconist: “I apologize”

The tobacconist who in Naples is accused of stealing the half-million euro scratch card apologizes. Meanwhile, the Customs and Monopoly Agency has started the procedure for revoking “the sale of bets” against the tobacconist in via Materdei in Naples, involved in the theft of a winning coupon, as the Agency has announced. “Due to the loss of the fiduciary relationship that is the basis of the concessionary relationship, ADM has started the procedure to revoke the authorization to sell bets at the point of sale located in the tobacconist’s shop involved in the episode of the stolen ticket”, writes the Administration . As reported by Agipronews, the suspension of the connection to the totaliser collection system will therefore be immediate. Meanwhile, the tobacconist, in prison awaiting the decision of the magistrate after the arrest, “apologized to everyone, especially the lady”, said the lawyer Vincenzo Strazzullo, lawyer of the arrested man. “He is a tried, afflicted man. He has lost all chance to reason, for me he is suffering from a serious psychiatric illness. I am trying to find out, he has committed an act against all logic,” he said. “The ticket could not be cashed, he was running away because he was afraid. Then he understood and was returning to clarify his story. He also understood the mistake committed against the family, risking to destroy what they have. He does not remember much, he is hazy in describing what happened. Do you confirm that you have taken the ticket? Absolutely, but he is not lucid and he is very tried. I had to reconstruct many passages “.