The valuable lesson that can be learned from the story above is that if you want to remain anonymous for your lottery winnings, do it yourself, and don't entrust money-related matters to other people (even if that person is someone close to you)
if i were am victim, i will not reconcile with that cheating cousin, unless she returns all my winnings that she has used, how about you?
What a sad story, taking advantage of a person like that. And even if she returned 317k USD, what happened to the other 220k USD? It's all gone or did they manage to retrieve the rest of the money? I feel like that people are not willing to learn from such stories. Every few years there seems to be a story where family members betray each other for a money. A lottery winning is a life changing event that will let people disregard everything. In my country there is a saying that any friendship will stop once there is enough money involved. That is why we should never put a friend or family member in such a position where they have easy access to our money. I would probably never speak to my cousin again if he stole 500k USD from me. It's one thing to come and ask for money after winning the lottery, but stealing all of it is a nogo. Even if she returns the money to me, how can you trust someone like that again?
At least the victim didn't lose everything, he still got 317k USD. it's just that, he lost his relative for tricking him. this case is over, the woman must be held accountable for her actions by going to jail. there are many lessons that we learn from Op's story, not only related to the winning money from the lottery.
You know, maybe we ourselves can be the perpetrators of the fraud. because, temptation will always come when opportunity approaches. the woman who is told in this case, whether she realizes it or not. he is tempted by something that does not belong to him, the strong urge to claim lottery money that does not belong to him makes him not think rationally. in the end, he schemed and hatched a plan to trick his own kin.
Unfortunately, his sinister scenario was uncovered and now he is being held accountable for his actions. there is a lesson we can learn, that money can be disastrous just like the proverb you mentioned.