Evidence And Lies
As you might have predicted, the interviews were riddled with lies. However, this gave the agents evidence that they could use in the trial and let the case move forward. The whole scam unraveled when the fast food restaurant delayed the delivery of the prize money at the request of the FBI. This was exactly what they needed to catch the conspirators. It worked since the perpetrators started to panic and talked about it among themselves on tapped phone lines. This was just what the Feds wanted to keep the investigation going and eventually put the conspirators behind bars. The Daily beast said that it took 25 agents to track down 20,000 phone numbers and record 235 cassette tapes of telephone calls.
Evidence And Lies
Finally Arresting The Conspirators
Agent Dent, the guy who did not follow up on the investigation right away, convinced the fast food chain to start a fake Monopoly promotion. This was going to be fake, of course. It would help the FBI get the final evidence needed to put an end to the whole thing. Their plan was full of legal risks, but the company was already aware that the game had been compromised. The decision to start a new game had been worth it since this was how they first found out about Andrew Glomb. If Colombo had been alive, he probably would have come next. The FBI was able to arrest eight key suspects on August 22, 2001. Jerome Jacobson was also charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
Finally Arresting The Conspirators
