This is how this man cheats on television to win the show game

A clumsy, stupid scam to steal 1 million pounds right on Major Charles Ingram's television.

On September 9, 2001, Major Charles Ingram was the one sitting on the "hot seat" of the show "Who's a Millionaire" in the English version. He is also working on one of the most clumsy, ineffective but most exciting offenses of the 21st century.

Ingram answered every question given by the host Chris Tarrant with the help of two accomplices sitting in the audience seats. One of them is his wife.

Charles Ingram and his wife.

"Who is a millionaire" was first broadcast in the UK in 1998 and quickly became a phenomenon. The peak in 1999, a broadcast night was viewed by 19 million people, nearly a third of the UK population.

Ingram joined the game show in 2001, but his wife, Diana, also participated in the game earlier this year and won £ 32,000. Even his brother Diana and Adrian Pollock appeared on this show game in December 2000. After the scandal it was discovered at the time of the program, Ingram was owing £ 50,000.

Ingram started out badly, he overcame a question of £ 4,000 in a difficult way, losing two assists. Ingram's play ended in the middle of the broadcast program and no one believed he could continue going deeper in the following week.

But a miracle happened. During the filming for the sequel, Major Ingram became the winner, earning £ 1 million.

Charles Ingram is happy to win £ 1 million.

Now let's find out how Ingram cheated to win 1 million pounds.

Before the final shooting, a plan was set up for Ingram to win.Diana Ingram went to Tecwen Whittock , a university lecturer in Cardiff. The trio work together to create a "reminder" system that helps Ingram earn 1 million pounds. When each question is given, the Major will read four answers and Whittock will cough when he hears the right answer. And when he heard a cough, Ingram would close his answer.

Because Ingram did not really know the answer and was always waiting for the prompt, Ingram was quite confused on the "hot seat". At first, Ingram shared that not knowing what the answer was or never heard the answer but then suddenly concluded that the answer was correct. Or at first he thought an answer was correct but then closed another answer unrelated to what he said.

The more valuable questions are, the more unusual Ingram will behave. Meanwhile, Whittock's coughing hall suddenly appeared.

In the last sentence, Ingram chose " Googol" and won £ 1 million. But see the video below, you will see his torn mood. He knew the answer but also understood that he was doing fraud, cheating in front of a bunch of cameras and millions of British audiences. Ingram kept his face down, his eyes strained, nervous and unhappy, knowing he was about to have £ 1 million.

Of course, soon Ingram was arrested. The £ 1 million bonus was withdrawn and after a four-week trial, Diana Ingram, Tecwen Whittock and Major Charles Ingram were convicted of fraud and sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence. Ingram was sentenced to 18 months, Whittock 12 months and suspended from office, and was fined 115,000 pounds. Later, Major Ingram was stripped of his rank despite serving 17 years.

However, until 2016 Ingram insisted that he was innocent. Since his conviction, his life has also become more difficult. He and his wife could not get a job because everyone recognized them, two scammers on television.