Lotto Scammer Impersonated SDNY Criminal Chief, Feds Say

By Elliot Weld

A Costa Rican national was charged with impersonating law enforcement officials, including the chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, as part of a scheme to trick elderly victims into wiring him millions under the false pretense that they'd won a lottery prize.

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