McDonald’s Monopoly Scandal - 674

About this episode

The episode discusses the FBI's arrest of individuals involved in a conspiracy to steal from the McDonald's Monopoly sweepstakes.

August 22nd, 2001. The FBI arrested eight individuals as part of a conspiracy to steal millions in prize funds from the McDonald’s Monopoly sweepstakes. The mastermind of this conspiracy was the very person who was tasked with distributing the game pieces. For special episodes and outtakes from Justin & Aaron visit: patreon.com/generationwhy Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Generation Why ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin, Aaron

Topics covered

• true crime
• conspiracy
• sweepstakes fraud
• FBI investigation
• McDonald's

Keywords

• McDonald's
• Monopoly
• FBI
• conspiracy
• sweepstakes
• fraud
• crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, McDonald’s

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