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Feds Arrest Alleged Associate Of Man Linked To Lottery Scam

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities based in North Dakota continue to pursue suspects in a wide-ranging Jamaican lottery scam that has bilked mostly elderly residents from around the country out of their savings accounts.

The latest arrest came Tuesday in Providence, Rhode Island, when Melinda Bulgin was apprehended. She faces several charges, including mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

Authorities accuse Bulgin of receiving money on behalf of Sanjay Williams, who was convicted by a North Dakota jury last month and faces up to 40 years in prison. Williams is the first of more than 30 defendants to go to trial.

Key witnesses in the Williams trial included an elderly woman from Harvey, North Dakota, and a married couple from Madison, South Dakota.

Court documents do not list an attorney for Bulgin.

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