Lottery Fraud Investigation Goes Nationwide

Ex-lottery official Eddie Tipton, who is suspected of repairing lottery draws in at the least four more states beyond the fraud perpetrated in Iowa.
A probe into lottery fixing in america escalated this week as authorities expanded their investigation nationwide, fearing that an worker that is ex-lottery of fixing the Iowa draw may have pulled the trick all across the country.
Eddie Tipton, 52, the director that is former of security during the Multi-State Lottery Corporation, was sentenced to a decade in prison in September for rigging the Iowa Hot Lotto game in an attempt to claim a $14 million prize.
Prosecutors successfully argued that Tipton installed a self-destructing hack program to make certain the random quantity generator used within the draw on December 29, 2010 picked their figures.
He also tampered with surveillance digital cameras so his installing of the computer software could never be detected.
Anonymous Claimant
An endeavor was initially made to claim the prize with a man that is canadian Philip Johnson, who reported he had been too sick to collect the money in person, but the claim had been turned down because Johnson was unable to confirm he ended up being the dog owner of the admission.
Johnson phoned days that are again several stating that the ticket was, in reality, owned by an individual who wanted to stay anonymous. The Iowa lottery once more refused the claim on the grounds that the rules forbade anonym Continue reading