World Jamaican lottery scams spread despite US crackdown Associated Press Published April 17, 2012 12:07pm EDT | Updated November 20, 2014 5:03pm EST Facebook Flipboard ...

A Jamaican man who authorities said masterminded a lottery scam that defrauded at least 95 Americans out of more than $5.8 million was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison.

A jury in September convicted Bulgin, 28, of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering in what is believed to be the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam tried in U.S. courts.

Although there are many scams targeting senior citizens, the lottery scams originating in Jamaica have become big business, with an estimated 30,000 calls a day to the U.S. Jamaican authorities ...

March 12, 2013 / 5:34 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- It's one of the biggest scams targeting older people right now. KDKA has told you about Jamaican lottery schemes before.

Car theft, gang violence, murder, and extortion are all tied to Jamaica's extensive web of lottery scams, which robs mainly United States citizens of between $300 million and $1 billion annually. Over ...

A federal jury in North Dakota on Thursday, May 7, 2015, convicted Williams for his role in a Jamaican lottery scam that authorities say cost victims around the country millions of dollars.

A Jamaican man who authorities said is a mastermind of a lottery scam that defrauded at least 95 Americans out of more than $5.8 million was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison.

The scam was run out of a Jamaican mansion where mastermind Lavrick Willocks — who personally scammed Schmeets — lived with his mother, Dahlia Hunter. The operation bilked more than 100 mostly ...

This is believed to be the first large-scale Jamaican lottery scam tried in U.S. courts, and it will create a template for future investigations, Assistant U.S. Attorney Clare Hochhalter said.

Nation & World Jamaican lottery scams spread despite US crackdown Originally published April 18, 2012 at 12:00 am Updated April 18, 2012 at 6:16 am ...

In recent weeks, Jamaican police have reported an uptick in seizures and arrests, including last month’s detention of 22 suspected scammers after raids of eight homes in St. James.