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Charles William Ingram (born 6 August 1963) is an English novelist, computer repairman, and former British Army major who became known for being accused and convicted of cheating on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001, after winning the maximum prize of one million pounds. Following a lengthy trial at Southwark Crown Court, he was convicted on a single count of procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception. He was convicted of an unrelated insurance fraud in 2003, and ordered to resign his commission as a major by the Army Board.
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How a serial cougher scandalized the UK version of ‘Millionaire’

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Here’s one Charles and Diana scandal you’ve probably never heard about. The three-part series “Quiz,” premiering Sunday (10 p.m.

on AMC), chronicles the real-life cheating incident that nearly destroyed Britain’s version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in 2001 — when Major Charles Ingram (Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”) and his wife, Diana (Sian Clifford, “Fleabag”), were accused of masterminding a series of in-studio coughs to help Charles win the show’s 1 million pound grand prize.

The couple and their alleged “accomplice,” Tecwen Whittock (the cougher, played by Michael Jibson), were put on trial after the show’s producers noticed afterward that Whittock, sitting directly behind Ingram in a “fastest finger” chair, coughed as if on

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