Scammer who conned UK National Lottery of £2.5 million given more time to repay funds

Comment #12

TheGameGrl — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 23:43:12 GMT

Bottom line: crime pays.

The interest free loan is what this comes down too.

Now he gets an extension.

What a Looney tooney world this has become.

Comment #11

Bleudog101 — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:45:45 GMT

Both lotteries here are $312 million, seems a rarity anymore to match

Comment #10

eddessaknight — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:13:58 GMT

Aye rdgrnr,

Too ,many out there doing things, that they're not supposed to be doing....

Vigilance, is the cost of safety and security

Comment #9

Clarkejoseph49 — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:16:37 GMT

He could have done it again whilst he wasn't rumbled and when was on bail.

I'd play it safe and add the rape charge to his jail sentence for the fraud charge.

Comment #8

sully16 — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 00:09:58 GMT

Soooooooooooooooo you can get away with Lottery Fraud, you may want to rethink the Edward name Weasel.

I hope the criminals pay their debts.

Comment #7

THRIFTY — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 23:51:40 GMT

It is getting crazy nowadays, looters looting loot from the loottery worldwide.

Is looting illegal?

Of course, looting is, first and foremost, a form of stealing. As such, depending on how it is perpetrated, the looter may be arrested for petty theft, larceny, grand theft, burglary, or another, similar crime. Some states also have laws that pertain specifically to looting, often with stiffer penalties. HG.org

Comment #6

noise-gate — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:11:27 GMT

*Some guys have all the luck in the world. First: Edward Tipton now Edward Putman. Tipton hasn't paid back the full amount he got away with through his shenanigans now Putnam catches a lucky break.

* l think it's time to change our names to Edward.

Comment #5

Mata Garbo — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:24:27 GMT

Very strange that the prosecutors did not force this guy to serve the additional 6 yrs as agreed, since he failed to keep up his end of the agreement. They seem to be too stupid to understand what this con artist is doing. His plan is to drag this out until he has completed the 9 yr sentence. Meanwhile the money is still hidden away somewhere outside of the UK where he can retrieve it when he gets out without being followed. If they were smart they would keep adding more years to his sentence un... [ More ]

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:16:21 GMT

So let me get this straight. He forged a fake 'winning' lottery ticket that was missing the barcode that was ripped off. Yet the National Lottery STILL paid it out.

Certainly LP members will give me flak on this, yes he was a crook, probably a professional one, yet he should never have received a dime. Freeze his accounts and let him off scot free since the lottery really screwed up on this.

Comment #3

Tony Numbers — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:10:28 GMT

He served his time for the rape charge. Seems like the Brits don't have enough teeth in the law to rectify this offense. They're treating him like a mouse on a string

Comment #2

Clarkejoseph49 — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:47:41 GMT

I say tough.

He had enough time and now he needs to pay or else it's life for the rape charge on to top of the fraud charge.

Comment #1

rdgrnr — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:16:04 GMT

There's a lot of people like that in the world.

But you're not allowed to shoot 'em.

Scammer who conned UK National Lottery of £2.5 million given more time to repay funds

Lottery Post — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:07:02 GMT

Man who forged winning ticket has yet to pay back a single cent

By Kate Northrop

A con artist who scammed the UK National Lottery of 2.5 million (US$3.06 million) by forging a winning ticket has been handed a wider window to pay back the funds he owes.

Edward Putman, 56, who is also a convicted rapist, was given three months to pay back 939,782.44 (US$1,149,405.61) at a crime hearing in January. After failing to meet his obligation, he should have had to serve six more years in pri... [ More ]