EXCLUSIVE: McScam! How an ex-cop rigged McDonald’s Monopoly game and stole millions thebea.st/2OtheEe
In 1987, McD’s launched its famous Monopoly game, in which customers collected game pieces that could be redeemed for prizes up to $1M. But in 2001, it was revealed that almost EVERY major prize since 1999 had been stolen by an insider who rigged the game
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The McThief? Jerome Jacobson, an ex-cop living in Atlanta, who oversaw security for the company that printed McDonald's game pieces thebea.st/2OtheEe
A wiretap on Jacobson’s home revealed a sprawling network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, convicts, drug traffickers, and even a family of Mormons who had falsely claimed more than $24 million in cash and prizes thebea.st/2OtheEe
After receiving a tip, the FBI teamed up with McDonald’s to catch “Uncle Jerry” and his crew red-handed. What resulted was a cat-and-mouse investigation straight out of Hollywood, culminating in—naturally—a McSting 😁 thebea.st/2OtheEe
Got questions? Wanna discuss? Come talk to the journalist behind this crazy story, @jeffmaysh, on Reddit! reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…
