Two sentenced over lottery fraud
News item
Date: 28
October 2011
A 56-year-old man has been jailed for 28 months for fraud and
theft offences committed while he worked for a lottery company
based in Nottinghamshire.
A second defendant was given a 20-week prison sentence suspended
for 18 months. She was also ordered to carry out 120 hours of
community service.
The Gambling Commission carried out an investigation into
financial irregularities at The Weather Lottery plc between April
2008 and April 2010, when the company had its head office at
Mattersey, near Retford.
For more information please see the
Nottingham Police press release on their website.
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