UK authorities have charged a convicted rapist with fraud for his involvement in a bogus UK National Lottery claim.

On Tuesday, UK media outlets reported that Hertfordshire Police had charged 53-year-old Edward Putman with fraud by false representation for submitting a claim on a £2.5m National Lottery jackpot in 2009. Putman has been released on bail ahead of a court appearance scheduled for October 16.

In 2009, National Lottery operator Camelot received a claim on the £2.5m jackpot from Putman, who presented a ticket on which the barcode had been destroyed. But Camelot decided to pay out the prize “based on the evidence available” at the time.

In 2015, Putman was arrested on suspicion of fraud after evidence surfaced that he’d colluded with a Camelot insider to claim the prize. However, the investigation was dropped after Hertfordshire police felt they didn’t have enough evidence to proceed.