A Desperate Mormon
This was how he recruited Dwight Baker, who was a real estate developer and an upstanding Mormon. Baker found himself in a rough patch after he got into a tractor accident and earned a spinal injury. Together with his wife and five kids, they had been collecting the Monopoly pieces. They had hoped that they would earn some winnings to pay off what Baker owed in back taxes. Aside from that, Baker gave the prize pieces that he got from Jacobson to his sister-in-law, his foster son, and others. They all set up phony accounts and addresses like the rest of the “winners.” The family made it seem like they resided in different areas of the country. Sadly, it turned out that the FBI already knew what was going on.
A Desperate Mormon
How It Started To Unravel
Special Agent Richard Dent, who had been based in Jacksonville, got an anonymous tip in 2000. This was how the FBI found out that three of the recent winners were all connected. They were all linked to a man called “Uncle Jerry.” Back then, he was already handling many other cases and did not follow up on it right away. However, Doug Mathews, his partner, found a note on the desk and became intrigued. It said, “McDonald’s Monopoly fraud?” Not long after that, the FBI found out that there was something fishy happening within the game. Let us spell it out for you: there was a one in 250 million chances that you would bring the jackpot. There was no way that three people who knew each other would all win.
How It Started To Unravel
