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McMillion$ : the absolutely true story of how an unlikely pair of FBI agents brought down the most supersized fraud in fast food history / James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte

Author
Hernandez, James Lee
Additional Titles
McMillions
Published
New York : Grand Central, 2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
xi, 320 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Lazarte, Brian

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Contents
Before we get started -- Introduction -- "McDonald's Monopoly Fraud?" -- You deserve a break today -- Piece by piece -- Operation final answer -- 'Cause you're just lucky' -- A day at the beach -- Meet the colombos -- Gloria Brown: a real nice lady. You'd like her -- Just call me buddy -- The two Jerrys -- Gloria Brown becomes a millionaire -- Lee Cassano and the $100,000 shake -- The church of fuzzy bunny's -- Lee Cassano spills her secret -- A.J. Glomb can't refuse -- The tale of the larcenous heart -- Who wants to be a millionaire -- Cherchez la femme -- Final winner -- Just the fax -- Scenes from before a bust -- Nobody expects the FBI! -- Aftermath -- Knocked off the front page -- A judge, a showdown, and Doug Matthews and the wonderful french fry suit -- Marvin Braun tests the waters and flushes away a million bucks -- Rules -- The ballad of George Chandler -- Go to jail, do not collect $200 -- Speculating on the informant -- Epilogue: the informant is revealed.
Summary
"In this stranger than fiction story of the massive crime network that rigged the McDonald's monopoly game for decades, unlock new, exclusive interviews and stories that couldn't make it into the HBO docuseries, McMillion$. In March of 2001, Federal prosecutor Mark Devereaux cold-called Rob Holm, the head of security for McDonald's Corporation. Without explanation, Devereaux asked that Holm and several other McDonald's senior executives plan a visit to the Jacksonville, Florida, FBI, and tell no one about their intended destination. It wasn't up for discussion. Upon their arrival, Devereaux watched them closely, looking at body language, checking for tells. To him, they were all potential suspects. Once they were seated in an unremarkable conference room, sealed away in the hyper-secure FBI building, Devereaux began to lay out a shocking conspiracy, one that ran deep into McDonald's most beloved promotions: the Monopoly game. This is where they began to discover from 1989 to 2001, almost every high-value prize winner was actually illegitimate. But how could this happen and who all was behind it? A rookie FBI agent and a brilliant undercover operation led them to one man who brilliantly crafted a near-infallible nationwide conspiracy for fraud. Expanded from the wildly popular HBO docuseries with major new interviews, McMillion$ traces this massive crime, the intricate web of lies that bolstered it, and the tireless work of the FBI agents that unraveled it all. It is a story littered with tragedy: families torn apart, betrayals, financial ruin, and one suspicious car crash. Yet, there are bright spots in the hijinks of the FBI agents and their co-conspirators. Ultimately, it is a story of what happens when the American dream goes very wrong."--Publisher.
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ISBN
9781538720110 (hardcover)
1538720116
9781538720103 (ebook)
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Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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