Harvey Guillén

There is a fundamental rule in economics.

A product is only worth what you can sell it for.

A stolen painting is worthless if you can't find a buyer.

A stolen diamond is dangerous if you can't fence it.

And a stolen McDonald's Monopoly piece?

That might be the most dangerous object of all.

Because unlike a diamond, you can't just sell it to a pawn shop.

You have to give it back to the victim.

To get the money, you have to walk into McDonald's corporate headquarters, hand them the sticker, and say, look, haha, how lucky am I, right?

Jerry knows this.

He knows that the head of security can't win a prize.

The game will be over before the check is cleared.

He needs a proxy.

So he starts small.

Jerry steals a Waterworks game piece worth $25,000.

He gives it to his stepbrother, Marvin Braun, in a Florida parking lot with the expectation of a kickback.

Jerry would later tell investigators, I don't know if I just wanted to show Marvin I could do something or if I was just bragging.

Together,

They concoct a story.

Marvin found the piece.