Key player in Jamaican lottery scam sentenced to 4 years

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has sentenced a Rhode Island woman to four years in prison for funneling lottery scam money between the U.S. and Jamaica.
Twenty-nine-year-old Melinda Bulgin, of Providence, received a sentence Wednesday that was 10 years less than prosecutors had sought.
The Bismarck Tribune reports that U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland said Bulgin’s role in the scam was not on the level of others who received lesser sentences than the 14 years