Londoner accused of accessing National Lottery users' accounts

Londoner accused of accessing National Lottery users' accounts

Case to be heard in full next year


A man will appear at Crown court in December to answer charges that he used hacking program Sentry MBA to access and take money from online UK National Lottery gambling accounts.


Prosecutors claim that 29-year-old Anwar Batson gained access to National Lottery users' accounts in November 2016, having downloaded hacking tools during the previous year. He is then said to have fraudulently conspired to withdraw money from those National Lottery accounts.


Batson, of Lancaster Road in London's Ladbroke Grove, was told by magistrates today that his case would be sent to Southwark Crown Court on 10 December for a plea and case management hearing.


The accused, wearing a plain white shirt buttoned at the collar and with his long hair slicked back into a ponytail, spoke only to confirm his name, address and British nationality. ..

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