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The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Recent $167m lottery winner arrested for allegedly stealing $12,000 in Kentucky

close-up of a person's hands holding powerball tickets
Farthing, his mother and his girlfriend bought the winning ticket in April 2025. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

A man who recently won a $167m Powerball lottery jackpot stands accused of stealing the relatively paltry sum of $12,000 after breaking into a house in his home state of Kentucky on Saturday, according to authorities who arrested him.

James Farthing’s arrest on Saturday on counts of burglary and illicit marijuana possession reportedly was at least his third since winning Kentucky’s most lucrative lottery prize ever.

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