Federal prosecutors accused Lapre of bilking more than 220,000 victims out of nearly $52 million. He admitted to bilking his clients out of "tens of millions of dollars" since 1984. He also admitted to bilking legitimate winners out of $92,500 with his duplicate ticket scheme. However their father George was bilking people out of their life savings. According to Gallagher, Vokey performed no useful services and was bilking him. The email's contents were presented in a humorous manner regarding bilking the city.