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| TeenWeek what's a status? | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 7:59 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00  | August 22, 2001 -- WASHINGTON - The FBI has fried a ring of eight "hamburglars" who stole $13 million in cash and prizes by rigging popular McDonald's contests, authorities said yesterday. The greedy schemers fixed the fast-food giant's games - including "Monopoly" and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" - played by millions of customers at McDonald's restaurants across the country, according to the Justice Department. In a super-size scam dating back six years, the six men and two women who were arrested face mail-fraud charges that carry five years in prison and fines of $250,000. Those busted are from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Rhode Island and Texas. Officials even suggested there might never have been any legitimate large-prize winners. "Breaking the law is not a game," Attorney General John Ashcroft said at a press conference announcing the bust. The Justice Department and FBI said none of the fast-food fixers were McDonald's workers, but an employee from a California firm that handled security of the games for McDonald's was involved. Authorities said the international chain cooperated with the investigation, which the feds dubbed "Final Answer." "Customer confidence is at the very heart of McDonald's business," said company Chairman Jack Greenberg. "We're determined that nothing gets between us and our customers." To make it up to loyal diners, McDonald's will give away $1 million and $100,000 prizes at randomly selected restaurants. The feds said games like Monopoly, which involve collecting an assortment of winning pieces to fill a board, have been rigged against the average fries-and-burger customer since 1995. That, they say, is when the fraudsters started embezzling scarce winning game pieces through Simon Marketing Inc., the Los Angeles-based firm that was responsible for McDonald's game security, but has now been ousted. Among those arrested was Jerome Jacobson, 58, who worked for Simon Marketing in Georgia and was at the center of the sophisticated rip-off, the feds say. Authorities said Jacobson, who had nearly total control of the winning game pieces, gave the key pieces - which customers are supposed to be able to get from their drinking cups or by writing to McDonald's - to their pals. Jacobson concentrated on obtaining the winning game pieces for the most lucrative prizes in the McDonald's games, including cash prizes of $500,000 and $1 million, the feds charged. The scammers then redeemed the game pieces as if they were the rightful winners and shared the cash and prizes with others in the "McScam," including kicking cash back to Jacobson, officials said. Acting FBI Director Thomas Pickard said the probe began when a citizen came forward and outlined the complex scheme. The FBI was able to corroborate the tip with McDonald's help. At the FBI's request, McDonald's ran a Monopoly game in July that helped investigators nab a fraudulent $1 million winner. Lawyers said customers could try to sue McDonald's for negligence in supervising the security firm, but predict the odds of success are about as small as winning the grand prize in the "Monopoly" game. "How can you prove damages?" said New York white-collar defense lawyer Bob Giuffra. "At most, somebody could say, 'I wouldn't have bought a Big Mac if I knew the game was rigged.'" | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 8:05 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: Yeah especially McUnions, McSafety, McHealth, McLibel, etc. All these things get in the way of your McDollar.  Resident Board Socialist Email me here IM me at stickysituation2 or pinkorag Webmaster of the Undergound Unofficial I Hate WhackBagKid Message Board I currently have brought no one into the International This message was edited by adolescentmasturbator on 8-22-01 @ 8:10 AM | ||||
| whichwaymediumorrare | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 8:08 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Apr. 01 | thats f ing funny.here we sit this state of ours with terrorism,gang wars in all citys,cops killers,killer cops,snd so on and so on,and our goverments highest cop is chasing hamburglers.nice. "well hello mr. fancy pants.i got news for you pal,you aint leadin but two things right now,jack and shit and jack left town." "good,bad..... i am the guy with the gun." | ||||
| New Fan | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 8:08 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Aug. 01 | ITs not fun-its not funny i hope these people get real time. Who knows how many different companies this firm has worked for(other than McDonalds) and ripped off thier prizes. I hope it was worth it. Now thier new room mate will be someone nameed bubba.  Forgotten but not gone(Im still here-God damn it) | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 8:22 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote: Got to love those whacky guys at the Associated Press for coming up with lines like that....sigh... Just goes to show you, if you want to pull off any scam, you need a guy on the inside And you only get caught once you get too greedy  If I ever had twins I'd use one for parts | ||||
| Cap'n Fudge | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 9:37 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | [adam west voice]When will these FOUL villians learn that CRIME DOESN'T pay??[/adam west voice] I hate this job! I hate this goddamn job and I don't need it!!!  capnfudge@opieanthony.com Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffin' glue! LingRLonger has joined the Royal Navy. Report any problems to me and I'll flog him. Need Adoption??? Now accepting applications for the crew. | ||||
| Shifty | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 10:58 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 00 | I thought this was another faction for a second. | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 11:36 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | this is what they get for holdinng out on McPizza from the united states, and only serving it in canada,,, BASTARDS! Webmaster of the Undergound Unofficial I Hate adolescentmasturbator Message Board | ||||
| leather-cheerio-face | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 11:57 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | If somebody tried to steal my hamburgers I'd be like, "hey, bitch, why don't you stop dressing me up like a mailman, while you sleep with guys I don't even know in my dads bed." Um, I mean, nothing... "Me fail english? That's unpossible!" | ||||
| GrkqtOandAfan Claim staked by FTL. | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 12:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Damnit and all I needed was Boardwalk and I would have won the million!!!! and WBK McPizza is served in the Poconos, if you don't want to trek all the way to Canada  CIT (Cuties in Training): Ass4WOW (lol of course I had to pick him up just look at that name), have room for 1 more email me if you want to be a Cutie Yahman - Certified Cutie as of 6/19/01 | ||||
| brodieman | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 12:05 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | you've won this round hamburglar!!!! ::shakes fist in the air::  BRODIEMAN...NOOTCH NOOTCH! "Pray to the politicians, not the gods."-my father "...no one has ever known we were among you, until now." Thanks to Jolene78 for the sig...NICE! and since i couldn't get the status changed: Proud Member of the B.B.P.M. (i wasn't always brodie you know) This message was edited by brodieman on 8-22-01 @ 12:08 PM | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 12:12 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | even if they are served in the poconos, they are still being punished from not serving them in bergen county Webmaster of the Undergound Unofficial I Hate adolescentmasturbator Message Board | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 12:15 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: WTF is a McPizza? Are you serious? Last I heard they had chicken wings.  Silent Game has enrolled in summer school. Theres still one seat open! Email me here or AIM me at Organic999 to enroll. | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 12:19 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | i remember first hearing about McPizza back in 1990, as a 7 year old who loved pizza and mcdonalds, i was happy to hear that the 2 forces had joined together, and was looking foward to enjoying the meal, but after seeing it in toronto canada, i never saw it again, it wasnt meant to be Webmaster of the Undergound Unofficial I Hate adolescentmasturbator Message Board | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 12:23 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | I have honestly never heard of McPizza. The one thing I am aware of is that down south they tend to put mustard on the burgers as well as ketchup. Whats next, McHam on McRye? It also amazes me that they can put a "Mc" in front of any food and push it as a "new" or "better" food item than its real counterpart. Silent Game has enrolled in summer school. Theres still one seat open! Email me here or AIM me at Organic999 to enroll. | ||||
| Spork | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 7:19 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | Canada's kind of a testing ground for a lot of the stuff they do at McDonalds. Canada had the Arch Deluxe and McRib before it came down this side of the line. Also, the McDonalds in the former Soviet Union were all part of McDonalds Canada (those wacky commies wanted their Mickey D's but only if it was from a fellow commie country I guess {wocka wocka}) But hornygoatweed, they put mustard on the burgers now! By South do you mean like Tennessee or South Jersey??? I miss the FRIED pies, that's what I miss. (Oh and another thing I miss that is particular to Canadian McDonalds is the barbeque sauce for McNuggets - that shit rocks, it's all sweet, it's like a barbequed flavored sweet n' sour - if you're ever in Canada remember to give it a try!)  "Look how hot they're getting. And that's an old picture," Anthony says. | ||||
| CriticsLoveSnatch i know better than to ask for a status from you mean ol' mods I shall call him mini-FTL | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 7:33 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | i know i enjoy the Filet McMignion and the McRack of McLamb....those are coming to a McMenu near you Too much from the wounded But I see, See through it all See through, And see you. | ||||
| MashedPotatohead NIGGA PLEASE! All the bitches in here are crazy! | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 7:52 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: HGW - They have/had a hot ham and cheese sandwich recently. There are LOTS of 'regional' menu additions. Also you may be eating at a McD that is a test market for a potential new item.  | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 7:54 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | The finest cuisine Canada has to offer...McDonald's Bar-B-Que Sauce. Now I know why they drink so much beer there If I ever had twins I'd use one for parts | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 10:47 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: I mean Miami beach - thats just one of the things I remember about my vacation there a few years ago. And it wasn't just one specific McD's - we hit like two or three different ones while my froiends and I were down there, and we all had to tell them "no mustard". As expected, we all got the "what the hell is wrong with you" face, but we were usually so bombed, we didn't care. So we just assumed that how the Southerners like their McD's hamburgers. MDLax84 has decided to earn his degree in Goatweed University. If anyone sees him cheating on exams, let me know ASAP! Email me here or AIM me at Organic999 to apply for a seat - I have one left, and they usually fill fast. | ||||
| Spork | posted on 08-22-2001 @ 11:25 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | Well in PA, NJ, WA, OR, CA (all the states I've dined at for this particular chain) without exception all the hamburgers come with mustard and ketchup. Were they maybe just putting more mustard on in Florida or something? Open up your burger next time, there will be mustard in it (unless this is the new years-old scam at your particular McDonalds - "Innocent McCustomers deprived of mustard in a scheme designed to bilk the restaurant chain of millions. Investigators theorize that by not placing mustard in the restaurant's burgers that the franchise's management saved McMillions..." "Look how hot they're getting. And that's an old picture," Anthony says. | ||||
| King f-tard | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 12:04 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | I cant believe no one did this yet.  If anyone has a problem with them, let me know. If you are interested in adoption, IM me Or E-Mail Me | ||||
| Whackbag | posted on 08-23-2001 @ 2:47 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Me too shifty, i was down for joining. That article was definately 3 wacky horns out of a 4 wacky horn scale. | ||||
| WoRMFACE | posted on 08-24-2001 @ 12:43 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I believe this company and all others like it should be bled of all they can.. McDonalds in vietnam.. things that make you go hmm.. Its funny in a horrible way.  | ||||
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