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Edward Putman was found guilty. of fraud by false representation

A conman, who cashed a fake Lottery Ticket according to claim 2€ 5m jackpot was in prison for nine years.

Edward Putman, 54, claimed he had found the winning ticket under a seat in his van in 2009, shortly before the expiry of the period to claim on the winning pass.

But St Albans Crown Court heard, he was supported by Camelot insider-Giles Knibbs who knows How To cheat The System .

Putman, of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, was found guilty of fraud by false representation.

The court heard that the fraud came to light after Mr. Knibbs, had a row with Putman how the profits were divided, took his own life in October 2015.

sentencing Putman, judge Philip Grey called it a "sophisticated, carefully planned, conscientiously operated fraud".

"have you this way, but quite simply, you were greedy," he added.

"This crime struck at the integrity of the National Lottery . They have also undermined public confidence in The Lottery itself. "

The Fake ticket has been used, to claim by Putman, to win The Lottery

Putman, claimed the victory on the 28th. August 2009 through the use of a badly-damaged ticket forged by Mr. Knibbs, who has in Camelot in the anti-fraud Department.

Mr. Knibbs saw a document with details of the big profits that have not yet been taken, and Prosecutor James Keeley said there was "some trial-and-error" in the production of successful forgery.

The court heard each ticket had one of The 100 different kinds of unique codes on the bottom and Putman went to 29 different stores, a different ticket in the individual, before The Right number was found in a shop in High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire.

Mr. Knibbs, confessed to friends that he had "carved" in The Lottery , after the row with Putman, a convicted rapist and benefits of cheating, in June 2015.

He said you had also used on technical inaccuracies in the preparation of the Tickets Putman, Station Road,.

the evidence suggested that Mr. Knibbs was originally Paid £280,000 of Putman for his role in the list, followed by much smaller increments, a total of £50,000.

Edward Putman was shown out of court, his face

Putman covered Paid the jackpot of Camelot in September 2009, it was missing, despite the lower part of the mangled slip of the bar code, to listen to the hearing.

Three years later, after claiming £13,000 in housing and support services after his victory.

In 2016, the examine for the violation of the operating permit in the area of controlling databases, to claim a prize, and the payout of prizes.

A Camelot spokeswoman said there were "some weaknesses in some of the specific controls relevant to this incident at the time and we are very sorry for that".

"We have reinforced our processes considerably since then, and are completely convinced that an incident of this kind could not happen today," she added.

The real winning ticket, which was purchased in Worcester, was never discovered.

Tapashi Nadarajah, of The Crown Prosecution Service, said Putman riddled 's", with the tragic death of his co-conspirators, who he was not willing to share The Money ".

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Source of news: bbc.com