Criminals won 4 million pounds using a stolen credit card: what the card owner did (3 photos)

The card owner didn't know he had won until he was summoned to court. The thieves were arrested when they tried to open a bank account.





Two thieves from England won £4 million using a stolen credit card and only managed to spend five days on the winnings.

In 2019, Joshua Addyman's credit card details were stolen by two criminals, John-Ross Watson and Mark Goodrum, who used it to buy lottery tickets. One of them won £4 million.

The real owner of the card, when he discovered two transactions of £95 each that he had not made, blocked the card, received £180 in compensation from the bank and forgot about the event until he was summoned to court.



The criminals themselves initially claimed that they had borrowed the card from an anonymous friend, but when questioned by police, they admitted to the fraudulent scheme.

When the card owner found out about the win, he claimed that he deserved his share, since the ticket was purchased with his credit card.

"He planned to buy a house in London and take his family on holiday. However, a lottery spokesman said that because the ticket was fraudulently purchased, he was not entitled to any prize money," the article says.

The lottery company stood firm, refusing to pay out any money because the tickets were purchased illegally.

Watson and Goodrum had managed to throw a lavish five-day party with their winnings before being arrested, and were caught when they failed to open a bank account and were eventually caught by police.



"This strange case made many people think about the legal and ethical consequences of such an unpredictable win and the legal claims to it," the journalists noted.