uh, we a and mcdonalald's he a gameme going, which, uh,h, a person n won a game pieiece in--in texexas maiailedt to st. j jude's anononymousy and, u uh, mcdonalald's worket a way to p pay the gamame pie even thougugh it couldld--rey can't t be transfeferred. - - it's just t a wonderfufl chchristmas ststory that someoeone would g give that way a anonymouslyly and nonot want anyny recognitit, uhuh, for the e children at st.t. jude. ♪ - the e mcdonald's's monopolye went back k to 1987 and d so we didndn't know hohog the contesest was fixexed. - st. . jude's w was listedd as a w winner whicich, you knknow, was, u uh, certrtainly an a anomaly. we didn't t know if ththis is p part of thihis conspirar. - we didn'n't know howow jerrrry jacobsonon was invovolved in this frfraud schememe or if hehe was unclele jerry. i meanan, at firstst you just tk it's an alalias name but at l least it wawas at l least half f of the nam. - hey, h help me, fred, willll you? ooh, thihis is heavyvy. ooh, o ooh! - oddsds of findining ththe winning g piece wewere one in more e than 206,0,000,000. ododds of somemeon

anand so, rickck had thiss survrveillance p photo ofof a mcdonalald's right therere in jacksksonvi. d i go, "oh,h, my god, that's pererfect." so i take e it with meme. "what t are you gogonna do?" and i sasaid, "i'm g gonna-- i'm gonna a use it. wait a and see. i'm gogonna show y you." anand, as she'e's doing itit, shshe's like,, "oh, m my god, thahat's just- that's not i it. that's's not it."" and i'm lolooking over-- it's's starting g to get louo, and d i'm like, , i'm looking b, "do o you want that herere? i mean----they almost can hehear that."" - mm-hmmmm. - [i[indistinct t speech] - that's w what i loveve. [indisistinct speeeech] every timeme i talked d to t, theyey would jusust lie, lieie. and it w was perfectct for ththe fbi becacause it wasas ry buildiding evidencnce and helpg ththem build t their case.. but t we also wanted to mamake e that it t seemed likike we w were havingng fun. because, oncnce again, that's h how it woululd be at a a real shoot. - okay. - oh, wawait--oh, ththere's-- - - uh, doug b brought a lot of t that energygy. - upup there? okay. - okayay. [lauaug

these newswscasters sasaid, "why is a a guy withth a heart t transplantt eatiting mcdonalald's?"od. - anand another r free sandwd. - yeah, ththere you gogo. - i'm totoo nervo. i can't t do th. [lauaughter] - i don'n't think i i met jery until probobably halfwfway thrh all ththese peoplele. it must't've been inin '99 atat don's pararty. - nothining. i dididn't thinknk nothing o o. he was sorort of nondedescrip. ththen eventuaually don didn't't want to b be involve. he says,s, "i d don't want t no money.. i i don't wantnt anything. i'm m out of thihis." it w was just meme and jery trying to o get other peopople involveved. but i nenever-- i cacan honestlyly say i nevevd a close rerelationshipip with . - turned o out, andrewew glob was a largrge recruiteter, had prprovided quiuite a few i - had d enriched h himself anand uncle jejerry. hehe had kind d of a wide e nete of indndividuals who werere willing t to particie inin this frauaud scheme.. [line ringngs] ♪ so when wewe were on the p phones, we needed to be on the recruiters, and that's where we were focusing our investigation. -

it is ststill at mcdonalald's today. much more e secure. the s service the countrtry. that was a a really prououd mom i have n no letters from d doug , >> whehen you look back k now,w whwhich i do not d do much, , y just like, this minefield we went around and somehow w we we goldenen. i coululd have looooked atat th sticky n note and said whatevev but without the informrmant on this c case, it never r wowould happened. . it starteded there. . >> youou said you cacalled theh but t at no poinint didid you c the fbi direrectly? >>>> no, whyhy w would i calall fbi? i had no idedea ththat was goin be a factor. i never heard frfrom anyonone a. dedetectives, fbi, m mcdonnell, jerrrry, it was s likeke i was involvlved. >> canan y you imaginene the ir givingng somethingng to the fbi that t turns out to o bebe a ca i hope w we are better than n t >> m my undersrstanding isis i complainint cacall, some nonpararticipant b bystander dedecided to b burn the house d and calllled the fbibi. >> if f the irs had even scscratched ththe surface e of cacase, i

- at t that point,t, we didid not know if mcdonalald's was ininvolve.art ofof the invesestigation wawas extremelely boring t to. like, i i don't wantnt anythihing to do w with this. "c"call me whehen it's ovever, " right?t? and-d--which wasas sort of my m.o.o. a lot of f time. itit's way toooo slow for me, but i was-s--"no, you u gotta be here fofor that." anand i so i t think i shohowe. i might't've had a g gold suit. [brassy mumusic] ♪ i had it i in the clososet, and i i thought, "this isis a great o opportuni, when it's s like a gololden frfry suit," r right? maman, when i i wore thatt in t there, markrk devereaux, if he cocould've ripipped it f with h his hands, , he would h. he goeoes, "are yoyou kidding " but t i had a whwhite shirirt on, righght? so i thougught i was s safe. [lauaughs] i i wasn't. - doug hasas quite a a wardr, and d there he i is sitting g. and lo andnd behold, he looksks like he's's a managerer of a mcdodon. ♪ - theyey thought i it was coo. [laughing]g] i'm kikidding. soso when you'u're there in that t meeting, v very ten. - i w