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Ex-Mountie Guilty in Lottery Scam25 February 2002CANADA – As reported by Direct Marketers News: "Prosecutors in Montreal have recommended 4 1/2 years in jail for a retired officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who worked on an anti-telemarketing task force but ran his own scam on the side. "Craig Richards, 55, a retired Mountie, said his frustration at his superior's failure to grant him leave for stress led him to get involved in a bogus lottery scam. "…He was charged with fraud, theft, perjury and conspiracy. He had been assigned to an interagency task force dubbed Project Colt involving the FBI, Mounties and Montreal police. "Richards, a former sergeant, provided names of elderly victims in the United States to three accomplices. He was arrested in December 1999 and resigned after pocketing $33,000 for himself. "In the scheme, victims received telephone offers of jackpot prizes that they could claim only if they paid taxes in advance. None ever collected their supposed prizes…" |