T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
October 23, 2009
Volume 91, No.
36
www.
theshorthorn.
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Since 1919
BY JOHNATHAN SILVER, JOAN KHALAF AND MICAELA TITUS
The Shorthorn senior staff
Authorities are searching for Pankaj...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Thursday
October 23, 2009
Volume 91, No.
36
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY JOHNATHAN SILVER, JOAN KHALAF AND MICAELA TITUS
The Shorthorn senior staff
Authorities are searching for Pankaj Joshi, who
they believe fled the country after being charged in
September on one count of claiming a lottery prize by
fraud, a crime punishable by up to 20
years in prison.
Multiple media
outlets have depicted the accused Joshi
as a current UTA
student.
University
spokesperson Kristin
Sullivan said someone with the same
name as Joshi’s is a
UTA alumnus.
“We had a person by that name,
and that person was
roughly the same
age reported in the
media,” she said.
“That person graduated in December of 2008 with a bachelor’s [degree] in management information systems.
”
Joshi, a 25-year-old of Nepalese descent, worked
as a clerk in Grand Prairie’s Lucky Food Store.
Media
Police say
clerk stole
$1M lotto
winnings
TEXAS
Authorities believe
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