Investigators allege clerk took lottery winnings
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A district judge has ordered that nearly $400,000 be paid to a Dallas-area maintenance man prosecutors say was the rightful winner of a $1 million jackpot last year.
Tuesday's order to pay Willis Willis comes while authorities search for the convenience store clerk they say stole the winning ticket when Willis asked if it was a winner. The clerk, Pankaj Joshi, is believed to have fled to his native Nepal after getting a check for $750,000.
The government has seized or frozen about $395,000 from Joshi's accounts during the investigation.
Willis says he wants to pay off medical bills, college tuition for the youngest of his six daughters and buy new golf clubs.
