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Charles Ingram
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 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? con-artists swindled show of £5MILLION in bigger cheat scandal than infamous Ingrams
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thesun.co.ukCHEATING Major Charles and Diana Ingram will always be remembered as the villainous duo who swindled their way to the jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
But The Sun can reveal that two other contestants — Keith Burgess and Paddy Spooner — were behind an even bigger scam which saw them con the game show out of £5MILLION.
And the overall cost to the producers could have been tens of millions as their organisation was one of EIGHT “syndicates” which had infiltrated the ITV favourite.
In return for at least a 25 per cent cut of winnings, the quiz obsessives manipulated the show’s phone line application process to help hundreds of people get on the show — then provided the answers on the Phone-A-Friend round.
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