How an ex-cop rigged mcdonaldвЂ™s monopoly game and stole millions

#HOW AN EX COP RIGGED MCDONALDвЂ™S MONOPOLY GAME AND STOLE MILLIONS CRACKED#

Through a network of strip-club owners, psychics, mobsters, drug traffickers and one Mormon family, Jacobson industrialized the fraud scheme by dispersing the game pieces for a cut of the winnings. Later, the agents would find out that Jerry Jacobson, head of security at the subcontracting company that printed the game pieces, had been stealing grand prize game pieces for over five years.

#HOW AN EX COP RIGGED MCDONALDвЂ™S MONOPOLY GAME AND STOLE MILLIONS CRACKED#

Two FBI agents disguised as cameramen presented him with a mega-check and eventually cracked the case. In 2001, a Rhode Island man claimed to win the grand prize-a 1 in 250 million victory-after supposedly finding the game piece in an issue of People magazine.

McDonaldвЂ™s launched the Monopoly competition in 1987, attaching stickers to fries, cups and magazine ads that peeled off to reveal instant-win prizes ranging from free FiletвЂ™OвЂ™Fish sandwiches to a $1 million grand prize. Now, after an intense bidding war, Fox has nabbed the film rights to the true-crime story, with Matt Damon set to star and Ben Affleck poised to direct. Five days ago, The Daily BeastвЂ™s Jeff Maysh published an investigation about how one ex-cop stole over $24 million in game pieces from the popular McDonaldвЂ™s game. A handful of McDonaldвЂ™s products have entered the realm of true seasonal promotion lore: the Shamrock Shake, the McRib and, behold ye McMighty and despair, the McDonaldвЂ™s Monopoly competition. In July, The Daily Beast published a wild piece from writer Jeff Maysh titled 'How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonaldвЂ™s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions.' The article detailed how Jerome Jacobson, head.

How an ex-cop rigged mcdonaldвЂ™s monopoly game and stole millions