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A British army major was found guilty Monday of an elaborate swindle to win the jackpot on the British edition of the TV quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
Maj. Charles Ingram and his wife, Diana, hatched a plot with college lecturer Tecwen Whittock to con their way to the $1.58-million top prize in front of TV cameras by using a series of coughs to indicate the correct answers. The program was taped in 2001 but was never broadcast.
The Ingrams were fined about $23,500 each and given 18-month jail terms, suspended for two years. Whittock was fined $15,500 and given a 12-month suspended jail sentence.
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