Eddie Tipton, a 54 year-old computer programmer, was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison with possibility for parole in three or four years. He was caught after attempting to collect a $16.5 million Hot Lotto ticket from 2010. Iowa was not the only targeted state, Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas and Oklahoma also fell victim to the scheme. The fraud went on for years before it was detected in 2015. The scam went on without being identified for so many years.”]
Source: https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/man-gets-25-years-in-prison-for-iowa-lottery-fraud/