McScam

digamma · 07-30-2018, 10:37 AM

This one is right down the fairway for FOFC.

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QuikSand · 07-30-2018, 10:51 AM

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This was a McSting.

...stuff writes itself.

bhlloy · 07-30-2018, 11:18 AM

Was working at Maccy D's in the UK around 2000-2001, employees were pilfering boxes of the fry cartons and cups to try to win the big prizes. I seem to remember when it came back the next year that was when they switched to the tickets they would give out with the meals and they'd locked those up in the managers office because the theft was so rife. I'm pretty sure the managers were stealing them as well though, so that definitely did not solve the problem.

NobodyHere · 07-30-2018, 11:42 AM

My favorite quote from the article

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Dent thought he had found his man. But after installing a wiretap on Jacobson’s phone, he realized that his tip had led to a super-sized conspiracy. Jacobson was the head of a sprawling network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, convicts, drug traffickers, and even a family of Mormons

Ksyrup · 07-30-2018, 12:26 PM

My mom worked for a company in GA when I was in high school (not Dittler) that was involved in some of the printing runs for this promotion going back to the 80s. I don't recall how involved anyone with that company were in the scam (if at all) but I recall years later, my mom telling me all about it when these arrests happened.

RainMaker · 07-30-2018, 12:39 PM

It's kind of crazy how little trouble they got in. The main guy got 15 years but others got a year for some pretty big paydays.

Kodos · 07-30-2018, 12:54 PM

Yeah. It seems like they would want stiffer sentences to discourage this sort of behavior.

PilotMan · 07-30-2018, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Yeah. It seems like they would want stiffer sentences to discourage this sort of behavior.

Which brings us back to how white collar crime "that doesn't hurt anyone" gets off pretty easy, but selling illegal cigarettes in NYC will get you choked out and killed.

Fraudsters and Con Men have little to fear in terms of real retribution. Police around here just don't have the time to battle crimes of confidence when they (as they tell me) "are dealing with real crimes like rape and murder."

Ksyrup · 08-03-2018, 11:11 AM

Along the same lines as this story:

A small-town couple left behind a stolen painting worth over $100 million — and a big mystery - The Washington Post

07-30-2018, 12:26 PM	#5
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	My mom worked for a company in GA when I was in high school (not Dittler) that was involved in some of the printing runs for this promotion going back to the 80s. I don't recall how involved anyone with that company were in the scam (if at all) but I recall years later, my mom telling me all about it when these arrests happened. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 07-30-2018 at 12:26 PM.

07-30-2018, 12:54 PM	#7
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Yeah. It seems like they would want stiffer sentences to discourage this sort of behavior. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

08-03-2018, 11:11 AM	#9
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Along the same lines as this story: A small-town couple left behind a stolen painting worth over $100 million — and a big mystery - The Washington Post __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-30-2018, 11:18 AM	#3
bhlloy Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003	Was working at Maccy D's in the UK around 2000-2001, employees were pilfering boxes of the fry cartons and cups to try to win the big prizes. I seem to remember when it came back the next year that was when they switched to the tickets they would give out with the meals and they'd locked those up in the managers office because the theft was so rife. I'm pretty sure the managers were stealing them as well though, so that definitely did not solve the problem.

07-30-2018, 12:39 PM	#6
RainMaker General Manager Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	It's kind of crazy how little trouble they got in. The main guy got 15 years but others got a year for some pretty big paydays.

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