Current Connection 2.1

In an article entitled “3 Year Prison Sentence for Former Lottery Security Official”, Remmele Mazyck, a former deputy security official, an employee that stole over four hundred thousand dollars, pleaded guilty to stealing money and cashing the money from the Arkansas Lottery.  He will serve 37 months in prison, and he will have to refund and pay back the money that he had taken.

 

According to Arkansas Lottery Commission Director Bishop Woosley, he stated, “The amount of money taken was substantial, it was taken over a long period of time, and Mazyck was in a position of trust.” People had trust in Mazyck and to deliberately break that trust is unacceptable.  Being a trustworthy employee, people were shocked that Mazyck would do something so drastic. Stealing over 400,000 dollars, Mazyck will face three years in prison.

 

In the article, “the ALC will sustain no monetary loss from this theft.”  The Arkansas Lottery Commission should have no money loss from this man, ordered to pay back the money. Money, to some people, is very precious. Everyone needs money. Civilians equip themselves with the money they need during these troubling years while determining what to do with the money they earn. Some need food and shelter to provide for their families; some need much more like cars and trucks.

 

Why did Mazyck steal the money? Working for the Arkansas Lottery Commission, he probably thought that he could easily get away with stealing the money which is “a violation of the public’s trust and resources is unacceptable.” I bet he thought he could get away with stealing the money because he worked for this amazing company.  He has to refund the money and is sentenced to 37 months in prison for this crime. The Arkansas Lottery Commissions helps students that go on to college by offering them a scholarship to help the college cost less.

 

Stealing money from the place you work and defying the public’s trust is completely wrong and immoral. Everyone’s parents have taught them that stealing is bad, including my own parents. When I reflect back on this life lesson, nearly every time a parent has told their own child not to steal. My mom has said it. Reality is that grown adults, steal. Surely, stealing should not even be an action any of us should do or even cross our minds. It has been drilled in our heads not to steal.

 

Many Arkansans were completely appalled at how much money that was stolen. The morals of people nowadays are fading and frankly need to start increasing. Trust is a key factor in today’s world and no one should break it.

 

Works Cited

Unknown. “3 Year Prison Sentence for Former Lottery Security Official.”  Fox16News.com. 07 Nov. 2013. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.