27: McMillions

Ever played the McDonald's Monopoly game? For 12 years there was a McScam going on behind the scenes of the McDonald's Monopoly game. A complex web of insiders worked to rig the McDonald’s Monopoly, and steal over $24 million.  Today we’re exploring the sensational story of how one man and a merry band of mobsters, psychics, strip-club owners, Mormons, and drug traffickers managed to win nearly all of the McDonald’s top prizes for over a decade, and the undercover FBI operation that uncovered the whole damn thing. FURTHER READING: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millions (How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions) https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-monopoly-game-rigged-scam-report-2018-7?r=US&IR=T (McDonald's Monopoly game rigged, scamming chain of $24 million: report) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viU25SQFKO8 (McDonald's Monopoly Commercial 1995) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_Monopoly (McDonald's Monopoly) https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/03/mcmillions-bizarre-story-how-one-man-stole-24m-mcdonalds-hbo (McMillions: the bizarre story of how one man stole $24m from McDonald's) https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/mcdonalds-monopoly-game-fraud-true-story.html (McDonald's Monopoly Scandal: The Story of HBO's McMillions) https://www.hbo.com/mcmillions (McMillions: Official Website for the HBO Documentary Series) https://www.hbo.com/mcmillions/the-official-mcmillions-podcast (The Official McMillions Podcast) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/arts/television/mcmillions-hbo-explained.html (The 'McMillions' Monopoly Scheme, Explained) ----------------------------------------------- RELATED EPISODES: https://squaremileofmurder.com/08-canoe-do-you-think-you-are/ (08: Canoe do you think you are?) https://squaremileofmurder.com/the-major-cheat/ (09: The Major Cheat) ----------------------------------------------- https://pod.link/1499149474 (Like the show? Give us a rating and review!) Foll