British man charged with fraudulently claiming £2.5 million lottery jackpot

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Groppo — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 22:45:02 GMT

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Mr. Putman,

Doest thou not knowest thou may be fined for such forgery?

Save thyself and give up this practice. They'll have you in chains.

Even worse than that, they may have you directing traffic, in the rain, which is every day in the UK, anyway.

(I can't think of anything worse, than having to be in the rain, daily.

Sort of like the bummer of being on the East Coast, USA.)

Mr. Groppo

Comment #7

music* — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 22:34:24 GMT

I read the Related Story . He is a convicted rapist.

I hope LP does an update when his trial begins in April 2019.

Comment #6

noise-gate — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:38:41 GMT

l took a look at the Related Stories box to the right, and lo and behold, this Edward has had a run in with the law. Turns out he was charged with rape served time for benefits fraud. The Authorities are familiar with his mug, which they most certainly have on file. I think he is going down,Why? Cause there is way too much past baggage that he is carrying around. They know him.

Comment #5

music* — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:45:36 GMT

Camelot, the British Lottery Operator, was fined three million pounds for paying out to the fraudulent ticket holder. Has any U.S. Lottery operator been sued like this? Maybe by the players but not by the Government.

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oate — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:33:46 GMT

I'm impressed but a little confused. Don't UK lottery tickets have scannable barcodes like ours do? If so, I'm amazed he managed to forge one.

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noise-gate — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 03:29:03 GMT

*** This guy should have lived in Beverly Hills.

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sweetie7398 — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 03:20:59 GMT

Comment #1

misslucky$ — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 02:35:15 GMT

That gives the phrase faking it before you make it new meaning lol

British man charged with fraudulently claiming £2.5 million lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 01:33:20 GMT

Faked winning ticket?

A man who won 2.5 Million in the UK's National Lottery appeared in court today accused of faking the winning ticket.

Edward Putman, 53, made his first appearance in the crown court following a three year police investigation.

But, in a preliminary hearing, his barrister Lawrence Selby told St. Albans Crown Court that Putman would be making an application to dismiss the charge.

In October, Putman appeared before magistrates to plead not guilty to fraud by false r... [ More ]