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A man who ran a lottery scam and defrauded victims of more than $4 million has been sentenced to federal prison. Pablo Estrada, 27, of Florence, was sentenced to 33 months in Camden federal court on Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey said in a news release. He pleaded guilty to money laundering in the summer of 2023. Estrada orchestrated multiple scams that targeted older adult victims from Aug. 2020 to Jan. 2023, authorities said. One of the schemes was a fake lottery, in which victims received a notification that they won a large sum of money, but were required to p…

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