NORTH CAROLINA, CMC – A North Carolina man has been sentenced to just over 10 years in prison in the United States after being convicted of running a seven-year scheme in which he victimised millions of elderly Americans by selling their personal information to Jamaican lottery fraud scammers.

Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said that, in addition, Troy Murray, 57, will undergo three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount of US$5,214,688.48.

In January this year, Murray pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.