Episode 18
Episode 18 - McMillions
Episode 19
Behind the Crime Scene - A True Crime Podcast with Gina L Osborn
Lights. Camera . Action! The HBO documentary miniseries McMillions looks into the con that allowed one man to rig the results of the McDonalds Monopoly game for decades. The FBI sifted through the complex web of lies and got down to the bottom of the gaming scheme using sophisticated techniques to include a creative undercover. Like every good story, it's got mind blowing twists and turns.
Join Gina L Osborn as she goes Behind the Crime Scene with Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Chris Graham who stars on the show.
Special Guest
chris graham, retired FBI supervisory Special Agent
Retired Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Chris Graham served in the FBI for 26 years. He began his career in the San Antonio office where he investigated complex white-collar crime cases including public corruption, health care fraud, telemarketing, and housing fraud. In 1996, he was chosen as the case agent on the Independent Counsel investigation of former HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros. In 1998, he was promoted to FBIHQ in the Financial Crimes Section and later became the White-Collar Crime Supervisor in the Jacksonville Division. In Jacksonville, he oversaw the international investigation of fraud and corruption within the McDonald’s Company’s promotional games. The case, officially known as Operation Final Answer, is the subject of the HBO documentary series McMillion$ and SSA Graham is prominently featured in the TV series.
In the months following the tragic events of 9/11, SSA Graham deployed to Egypt and later was chosen to open and run the first FBI office in Milan, Italy, handling all FBI operations in Northern Italy. After three years in Italy, he returned to the U.S and specialized in terrorism cases, where he led several operational missions overseas and served on the GTMO Detainee Prosecution Task Force.
In 2011 and 2012, SSA Graham returned to FBIHQ as the Unit Chief and Deputy Director of the FBI’s IPR Unit at the National IPR Center in Arlington, Virginia and supervised the international takedown of the Megaupload.com online piracy criminal enterprise.
His final FBI assignment was as the supervisor of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in Jacksonville, Florida, where he led an active task force of FBI agents, investigators, police officers, analysts, and task force officers from federal, state and local agencies.
Currently, Former SSA, Graham is the Assistant Vice President for Security at the Macerich Company, an owner-operator of 50 premier shopping destinations around the country.
