Winning the lottery can bring you the opportunity to change your life…changing it like this might not be the best plan, though. An 80-year-old British man has been accused of using his $3.3-million lottery jackpot to build a drug empire worth up to $397-million, producing counterfeit prescription pills from his cottage near Wigan, Greater Manchester. John Eric Spiby won the lottery in 2010 and used his winnings to construct a “sophisticated” lab in the stables opposite his home.
At the height of his powers, Spiby boasted that tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos “best watch their backs.” When police raided a hired van, they found 2.6 million counterfeit Diazepam tablets worth up to $7-million. Prosecutors said desperate users played “Russian roulette” with their lives as drug-related deaths soared in the area. Spiby was convicted of drug offenses and jailed for 16-and-a-half years this week.
Source: LBC
