A conman who faked a National Lottery ticket to claim £2.5 million faces an extra six years in prison unless he hands over £939,782 in assets, a court has heard.
Edward Putman, 54, was jailed for nine years in 2019 for the scam, which involved presenting a fraudulent ticket in 2009. The proceeds of crime hearing at St Albans Crown Court gave him three months to pay.
Putman's barrister, Lawrence Selby, said his client would not contest the decision but did not accept the benefit figure or realisable assets. Judge Philip Grey said he would impose the additional sentence if the money was not paid within three months.
Putman is set to lose a house and land in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, where he had planned to build a hotel. The fraud unravelled in 2015 when Giles Knibbs, a Camelot security employee who conspired with Putman, took his own life after confessing to friends.
