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About

Jeff Maysh is a British-American investigative journalist and longform writer based in Southern California. He writes for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, the Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, MIT Technology Review, Smithsonian, BBC, and The Daily Beast. He is best known for his investigation into the corrupt McDonald's Monopoly game. Five-time Southern California Journalism Award winner, including Best Crime Reporting twice.

Key Topics

Investigative journalism, true crime, espionage, con artists, identity theft, longform narrative nonfiction, secret lives, fraud, scams, cold cases.

Notable Stories

How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game and Stole Millions — The Daily Beast (2018). The investigation that exposed a decades-long fraud at the heart of one of America’s most iconic fast-food promotions.

The Strange Story of Dagobert, the DuckTales Bandit — The New Yorker (2021). A German extortionist who modeled himself after Scrooge McDuck.

Donald Trump and the Sweepstakes Scammers — The New Yorker (2022). How sweepstakes scams target elderly Americans.

The $30 Million Lotto Scam — The Atlantic (2022). A lottery fraud investigation.

Lunik: Inside the CIA's Audacious Plot to Steal a Soviet Satellite — MIT Technology Review (2021). Cold War espionage.

Casualties of the Cola Wars — Bloomberg Businessweek (2020). The Pepsi bottle cap disaster in the Philippines.

The Murder House — An original story about the infamous 2475 Glendower Place mansion in Los Feliz, Los Angeles.

Awards & Recognition

Five-time Southern California Journalism Award winner including Best Crime Reporting (twice). Work included in The Atlantic's 100 Exceptional Works of Journalism and Best American Sports Writing. Harvard University Nieman Storyboard profile.

Publications

The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, MIT Technology Review, Smithsonian, BBC News Magazine, The Daily Beast, Howler Magazine, Medium.

Contact

Website: jeffmaysh.com | Rights: Joel Gotler at IPG | Books: Toby Mundy at Aevitas