Convicted rapist who scammed National Lottery out of £2.5m with forged ticket 'faces losing £700,000 home'
Edward Putman could have his home taken away after he refused to give back the money.A convicted rapist who scammed the National Lottery out of £2.5million with a forged ticket faces losing his £700,000 home after refusing to give back the money.
Edward Putman has not yet paid back the money he owes after he was jailed for nine years for his role in the fraudulent scheme.The 57-year-old was ordered to pay back around £900,000 but is yet to do so.Prosecutors have now been given the power to acquire his possessions, selling them to raise cash.Putman was jailed for seven years in 1993 after he raped a 17-year-old pregnant teenager.
He had previously been threatened with six more years in prison after paying back less than £100,000.
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