Police yesterday arrested a U.S. citizen in the western San José suburb of San Rafael de Escazú, wanted in his home country for alleged involvement in a lottery con that grossed up to $40 million, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) reported.

Identified by the Interpol as Severin Marcel Stone, the suspect was getting into a Toyota 4x4 when a combination of U.S. and Costa Rican law enforcement agents detained him at 2 p.m., the Interpol report said.

It was the latest arrest in a con operation, which police believe involved 36 others – many of whom have been arrested on Tico soil. The con consisted of calling victims on the phone to tell them they had won a prize of between $300,000 and $450,000, which required payment of a “security deposit” before the award could be retrieved.

Wanted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Stone resided in Costa Rica, running a business in the San Rafael Mall, the report said.

U.S. officials issued a warrant for his arrest Friday, hoping to extradite Stone swiftly to the United States for trial.