Sex offender wins Alaska charity jackpot

(CNN) - An Alaska lottery held to raise money for a group that helps sexual abuse victims had a surprise winner: a convicted sex offender.

Alec Ahsoak - who was convicted in 1993 and 2000 for sexual abuse of a minor, according to the state sex offender registry - came forward Saturday with the winning ticket for the $500,000 Lucky Time Pull Tabs jackpot. Proceeds were to help Standing Together Against Rape in Anchorage, a nonprofit group that offers support to sexual assault victims.

"It's not how we had envisioned the story going," Nancy Haag, the group's executive director, told CNN.

Efforts to reach Ahsoak's attorney for comment were unsuccessful Monday. Alaska has the highest per capita number of rape cases in the United States, according to FBI statistics.