Illegal Alien Claims Boss Stole Winning Lotto Prize, Faces Deportation (Georgia Law Works)

by John Hill
Stand With Arizona

Illegal alien Jose Antonio Cua-Toc won $750,000 in the Georgia lottery. Fearing that he would be busted as an illegal under Georgia’s new immigration enforcement law, Cau-Toc claims he gave the ticket to his boss, Erick Cervantes to cash for him.

Cervantes then did cash it in – and kept it. So Cua-Toc got angry. Very angry:

Police say Jose Antonio Cua-Toc threatened his boss, Erick Cervantes, and his wife, calling them repeatedly and saying he would “kill each of them and their children if they did not give him some of the lottery winnings…”

So Cervantes called police, and the Guatemalan national was arrested, and now faces deportation. MSNBC covered the story:

There is no side to root for in this story. The illegal should be deported, of course. But – if Cua-Toc’s claims are true – his boss knowingly hired an illegal alien and then stole from him. Too bad we can’t deport them both!

But the good news from all this is the impact that a state-based enforcement law had in this case. Cua-Toc’s lawyer said that Georgia’s H.B. 87 is what prevented him from cashing the ticket himself. But ironically, the Georgia Lottery requires only that a winner show ID and provide a signature. Lottery officials say they don’t verify immigration status. In addition, the provision of H.B. 87 that lets police check immigration status was actually blocked by a Federal judge pending trial.

So Cua-Toc could have easily cashed the ticket with no problem. But Georgia’s tough law made him afraid to do it – and that’s the point. Despite Arizona’s S.B. 1070 being mostly blocked by a Federal judge, a whopping 100,000 illegals have already fled the state. And reports of thousands of illegals fleeing Georgia and Alabama have been reported as well.

Arizona-style immigration enforcement laws WORK – even when muted by liberal judges. When illegals fear enforcement, they flee. And the more states that pass AZ-style laws, the fewer illegals will come or remain here, and the more jobs and less crime for Americans. That is why Stand With Arizona and our activists are pushing to enact them in 22 more states this fall.


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About John Hill

John Hill is the Executive Director of Stand With Arizona, one of the nation's largest organizations opposing illegal immigration and amnesty. SWA's members have been instrumental in passing legislation in states and counties around the U.S., and blocking the DREAM Act in 2010. Join us!

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15 Responses to Illegal Alien Claims Boss Stole Winning Lotto Prize, Faces Deportation (Georgia Law Works)

  1. marc August 24, 2011 at 6:33 pm #

    another one bites the dust……..and another ones down….Que uno, Que Bueno!

  2. Jahannam August 24, 2011 at 6:34 pm #

    according to the Georgia State Lottery FAQ’s

    Q. How do I claim a prize?

    A. There are many ways for players to claim Georgia Lottery prizes. A player must present a valid winning ticket, along with proof of current address and a social security card.

    this dude probably has no valid SS card

    • Sarah August 25, 2011 at 12:08 pm #

      Yep…the IRS requires that taxes be paid on any winnings…hence the S.S. card…but he didn’t have a S.S.Card and the big RUB for everyone over illegal immigrants that it just goes to show HE ISN’T PAYING S.S. taxes…or school taxes or highway taxes or hospital taxes..so the ONLY taxes he is paying is the ones that HE CAN’T GET OUT OF…which are SALES TAXES…hence the reason people SHOULD be for the FAIR TAX. Because everybody that figures out HOW TO GET OUT OF PAYING THEIR LEGAL INCOME TAXES…will be paying FOR THEIR FAIR SHARE IF WE HAVE NO INCOME TAX. NO DEDUCTIONS OTHER THAN ONES THAT WOULD BE EQUALLY FOR EVERYONE…which COULD be things like certain food stuffs and perscription drugs and some services like doctors visits that are not COSMETIC.

      Therefore anyone that is getting a WINDFALL such as a lottery could STILL be made to pay taxes…because they wouldn’t have it as an INCOME TAX it would come under another category. Just like it does NOW. If you win any type of big prize such as a car…TAX TIME BIG TIME!!

  3. swagger1889 August 24, 2011 at 7:47 pm #

    I love it

  4. Anonymous August 25, 2011 at 9:33 am #

    i can see a lot ugly rednecks are giving the racist opinions , how fucked up ,the story is about an injustice and they make it to pitch their racist view

    • Joek August 25, 2011 at 12:04 pm #

      What is racist about breaking the law?

    • American Citizen August 25, 2011 at 7:29 pm #

      Do you really think they give a rats ass about you if you’re anything other than Hispanic ? Illegal immigration is about putting enough Hispanics in the Southwestern United States with the hopes of getting enough people to reclaim it for Mexico. It’s stupid as hell, but then if you talk to a lot of Hispanics whose ancestors are from Mexico, they would fight for Mexico and kill you in the name of Mexico. That’s a fact, because they’ve told me that.

  5. Jimmy August 25, 2011 at 9:44 am #

    He is Illigal & should be deported & jailed for his threats, but your comments of course are coming from nothing but white racists !!!! Hispanics & Latinos are all different countries & cultures, so don’t associate them all from one country !!!!

  6. Dennis August 25, 2011 at 12:01 pm #

    Let him kill his boss and family then deport him. That way we get rid of a bunch of immigrants at the same time.

  7. Dennis August 25, 2011 at 12:08 pm #

    Deport Obama along with all these idiots.

  8. Dennis August 25, 2011 at 12:13 pm #

    Yeah deport atleast 2,000,000 Mexican’s along with these guys.

  9. American Citizen August 25, 2011 at 7:18 pm #

    One Hispanic type ripped off another Hispanic type ? No surprise there. No harm, no foul. Kick the Mojado out and fine and jail the one that hired him.

  10. American September 2, 2011 at 7:43 am #

    The boss should get arrested for theft.

    As for the comments of deporting Latino, How about we deport the ancestors of those immigrants that came from Europe, Asia and Africa back to their ancesteral home. Lord knows many of those immigrants (not only where criminals from Europe) left offsprings that led to other offspring who just give America a bad reputation. I must admit I am embarrassed and sickened to know I have to share such a wonderful country with uneducated, racisist, bigoted and many of you just plain old lazy fools (not worthy of being considered a human being let along an American.)

    America is not a place for your kind, you are not welcomed here. Maybe there is some remote deserted island your can all go and happily hate each other.

    To those who agree in deportation but to not bring a racist view to it (which are very few of you). I am proud of you for being able to look at it as what it should only be, an immigration legal matter and nothng more.

  11. Anonymous September 14, 2011 at 12:32 pm #

    Se paso d verga

  12. Miguel November 10, 2011 at 2:51 pm #

    Yea maybe if they deport all immigrants Americans will have more jobs,but they are fucking lazy they don’t want to do nothing and earn a lot of money,that’s why they are here because they are hard working people and that’s what America needs,not lazy bitches the only thing they like to do is smoke pot an ask the government for money.

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