Dubai, Lottery fraudster busted: Iowa's 'mystery man' US$14 mil lotto winner was company's ex security boss
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Iowa officials have finally solved the case of the "mystery lotto winner" from 2010. Eddie Raymond Tipton, 51, was a security chief for Iowa's 'Hot Lotto' company, but it's alleged that in November 2010, Tipton hacked the office cameras so they didn't record him uploading a self-destructing program that instructed the system to randomly select a number that he had chosen. Not long after, a 'mystery man' won the US$14.3 million jackpot, but no one claimed the prize. A person did try and collect and did produce the valid ticket, but lottery officials did not release the jackpot as the person did not reveal info that could prove the was the rightful winner. In January 2015, Tipton was identified and charged with "illegally playing the lottery," but after his arrest, the scale of his Mission Impossible-like feat was revealed. Now he's in a lot more trouble after authorities discovered he re-programmed cameras, installed complicated software and enlisted at least two others to aid in this almost clever fraud. ------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.net Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus
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Stupid should have had a friend buy the ticket
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He looks like a fat cop
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Amazingly brilliant, yet so stupid. Needed to work with an accomplice. He was presumably inelligle to win given his employer, so, he'd have to work with someone. But, of course, finding someone to trust and not take all the money might be difficult.
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Tell a friend of a friend to buy the ticket, hack the system, split the winnings, all happy. Repeat one year later and retire in Hawaii.
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What a dumbass. Lol
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Should've made his Parents or someone close to him win, then they would give him some money.
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The NSA is going to hire him to be there spy
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What you do for money
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firsttttttttt
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FIRSSSST
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