A North Carolina man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for selling lead lists containing the personal data of more than 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican scammers who used them for lottery fraud. He earned over $5.2 million from the scheme, while victims suffered losses exceeding $9.5 million. #TroyMurray #SteveDixon #JamaicanScammers
Keypoints
- Troy Murray sold elderly Americans’ personal information to scammers from 2016 to 2023.
- He used the alias Steve Dixon and became widely known among Jamaican scammers.
- He allegedly sent at least 22,000 lead lists and made more than $5.2 million.
- The scam caused victim losses exceeding $9.5 million and involved lottery fraud.
- Murray’s son also faces money laundering charges tied to $1.6 million in fraudulent funds.