Conman jailed for £2.5m fake lottery ticket fraud

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National Lottery conman guilty of £2.5m fake ticket fraud

A conman who cashed in a fake National Lottery ticket to claim a £2.5m jackpot has been jailed for nine years.

But St Albans Crown Court heard he was helped by Camelot insider Giles Knibbs who knew how to cheat the system.The court heard the fraud came to light after Mr Knibbs, who had a row with Putman over how the winnings were divided, took his own life in October 2015.

 

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Con-person surely BBC tut-tut

Nine and a half years for defrauding Camelot who have systems in place to prevent this, it's unlikely to happen again. A man who robbed an 86-year-old woman in her own home has been jailed for three years. We know who the courts want to deter you from robbing. The systems a joke

The National Lottery should hold up their hands and tell us how this was able to be done .

The lottery people should be the guilty one they paid out that money

Serial criminal with zero remorse. Should have given him 30 years. Bye bye.

Luck was not on his side

Maybe like his life

risk/reward maybe? but really can you imagine doing this then being anxious every single day incase your found out, which you inevitably will be.

Tbf he doesn’t look suspicious at all there 😮

Why’s he taking a selfie with a balaclava on?

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