NORTH CAROLINA, United States (CMC) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison 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 Troy Murray, 57, will also serve three years of supervised release and has been ordered to forfeit US$5,214,688.48.

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