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Records: Ex-U of Minnesota ticketing

director skimmed $361K

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Court documents show a former University of Minnesota ticketing director skimmed more than $360,000 in a long-running scheme.

The Star Tribune reports the amount was disclosed shortly before a federal judge sentenced 37-year-old Brent Holck of Maple Grove to prison.

Holck reported to prison on Monday. He will be there for 21 months after pleading guilty to siphoning money from April 2012 to January 2017.

According to sentencing documents, Holck must repay more than $361,000 to the university.

The complaint says Holck would locate completed sales in the ticketing system, often after an event had occurred, delete orders and have refunds issued to accounts he controlled.

Holck was fired in February 2017 after an audit discovered discrepancies in ticket transaction records.

School officials said no fans dollars were lost.

Lyft driver wins $1 million in

Mega Millions lottery

ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — A Lyft driver from Coon Rapids says he’ll direct some of his $1 million lottery winnings to the nonprofit he started that provides sustainable access to clean water in Africa.

Forty-five-year-old Kodjo Ayewonou won his million in the June 4 Mega Millions drawing with a ticket he bought at a gas station in Eden Prairie. He matched five numbers, but missed the Mega Ball which was good for a $475 million jackpot. Ayewonou founded the Ebenezer Charity Foundation in Coon Rapids.

The Star Tribune say Ayewonou has plans to dig wells in Africa and help education orphans in his native land of Togo. And, he’s thinking about buying a Jeep.

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