Jamaican Telephone Lottery Scammer Jailed for 6 Years After Unwittingly Threatening Former CIA Head

Judge William Webster, former FBI and CIA director, during the national anthem before a game between the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on Aug. 7, 2018 in Washington. Patrick McDermott/Getty Images

A telephone scammer from Jamaica has been jailed for six years after unwittingly picking the wrong person’s wife to threaten with a “sniper bullet”—the only person to have ever been chief of both the FBI and CIA.

Keniel Thomas, 29, called Judge William Webster in June 2014 from Jamaica, saying that he had won a $15.5 million MegaMillions lottery prize, and just needed to hand over $50,000 to cover the tax on the prize.