It was a crime that federal authorities revealed publicly just days before Sept. In truth they were FBI agents, looking to uncover more about the conspiracy that Hoover was part of and which cost the fast-food chain millions between 19. Hoover thought McDonald’s had sent the camera crew to Westerly to record his euphoria about “winning” the top prize in the restaurant’s popular Monopoly sweepstakes. There he is in the first episode: Michael Hoover, a chubby-cheeked, middle-aged guy living in Westerly in 2001, smiling into the television camera while holding a giant cashier’s check for $1 million. You don’t have to look hard in HBO’s new “McMillions” documentary about the rigged scheme behind McDonald's Monopoly promotional game to find one of those uncanny Rhode Island connections to big stories.
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