Cherokee County man charged with cashing scratch-offs stolen from an Ingles, SLED says

A 27-year-old Cherokee County man has been charged with lottery fraud, accused of cashing South Carolina Education Lottery scratch-offs that he allegedly stole from an Ingles grocery store.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Zarmonn Brushaud Boyd on Tuesday, September 29, with Intent to Defraud, Counterfeit Game Tickets, the agency said in a release Thursday, October 1. The lottery requested the investigation. Boyd was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center. He has not been convicted and is presumed innocent.

According to the arrest warrant, on September 26, 2026, Boyd allegedly passed a quantity of stolen scratch-off tickets at a business on Cherokee Avenue in Cherokee County. The warrant says he had taken the tickets from Ingles Markets store #203, at 410 W. Third St., and that surveillance footage shows him presenting a ticket to the clerk for winnings.

A Cherokee County magistrate signed the warrant on September 29, and the case will be prosecuted by the 7th Circuit Solicitor's Office. The warrant lists a Gaffney address for Boyd. Under section 59-150-260 of state law, passing a lottery ticket with intent to defraud is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $50,000, up to five years in prison, or both. Anyone convicted is also barred from collecting lottery prizes.

SLED released this case on the same day as a Summerville Circle K worker's case, and three days after charges against a Richland County man accused of cashing a stolen ticket for $10. Earlier this year, the agency charged a Bluffton woman accused of taking tickets from her employer.

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SLED: SLED charges Cherokee County man with lottery fraud

South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 59, Chapter 150 (section 59-150-260)