USA: Won $ 1 million in the lottery, but its story is not over

Smiling in front of the cameras, the young Karlee Harbst, 27, held in her hands the immense symbolic verification of the lottery which indicated that she had won no less than a million dollars at the Gold Rush Doubler game. Just a few days before Mother's Day in 2018, she was pregnant, coincidentally, when fortune hit her life. But, unfortunately, money could not change his destiny and a year later, his life would change.

The story of the winner of the lottery took place in Volusia County, Florida, USA, and Harbst reached the top of local newspapers after earning one of five million dollars maximum prize, in a game of chance consisting in scratching a card, named Gold Rush Doubler.

A few days earlier, in the same game, the girl had won $ 100. Not much compared to the million who arrived a week later. "When I saw the ticket, it was number 24 and I had to take it because it's my favorite number," said Harbst about the winning ticket.

This award could be a good opportunity for Harbst to come out of a difficult past, including arrests for drug possession, theft, lack of respect for authority and driving with an expired driver's license in Volusia, according to local justice , slogan
Miami Herald. But with the money obtained, his fate could not be distorted.

The fall

Last Thursday, just over a year after winning $ 1 million, Harbst was arrested as a result of an investigation by the Sheriff's Office of Volusia as part of an investigation. on a drug trafficking.

The girl was one of two dozen people arrested during a series of attacks in the county, cited by a year-long investigation called "Operation Smooth Criminal", so called because of the theme of Michael Jackson of the year 1987.

Thanks to this operation, the agents managed to dismantle an organization dedicated to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine by Volusia. The leaders of the gang, which Habst was part of, according to the prosecution, were captured during the various raids.

The county sheriff said he was expecting the 21 arrests in nine different locations to serve as a "strong warning to anyone trying to sell poison to the Floridians." The Volusia Police Office has even posted a video on Facebook that shows the results of the operation and warns potential drug sellers again.

Karlee Harbst. A year ago, he won a million dollars in the lottery. Now she is imprisoned and prosecuted for drug trafficking. Another proof that money does not always make happiness.