How the Lotto fraudsters almost got away with it: Former Camelot employee hacked into databases to con bosses out of A 2.5million with a forged ticket The details of how a convicted rapist and former Camelot employee duped the National Lottery into giving away a A 2.5million jackpot have been revealed. Edward Putman, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in 1991 for raping a 17-year-old girl after breaking into her house, won the lottery in 2009 after using a fake ticket to claim the cash prize.