Vincent B. Le Corre
I am the key witness and whistleblower in a major international criminal case targeting McDonald’s Corporation for decades of mass-marketing consumer fraud and cross-border money laundering.
The case, registered as application 50552/22 before the European Court of Human Rights, is part of broader efforts to expose a pattern of serious misconduct affecting billions of consumers and implicating both corporate and institutional actors.
Who am I?
On February 16, 2023, I received formal notification from the European Court of Human Rights that my request for anonymity (under Rules 33 and 47 of the Rules of Court) was accepted. However, in August 2023, due to concerns for my own safety and that of my loved ones, I made the difficult decision to temporarily go public with my identity.
My efforts to alert the FBI about the activities of McDonald’s Corporation began in earnest in 2015 and intensified from September 2021, with a significant increase in these efforts starting in September 2022. I am actively communicating with American authorities, and some of these communications addressed to the FBI are publicly available on Federal-Bureau-of-Investigation.com/open-letters/, a non-official website on the FBI that I created for transparency in this significant crime case.
McDonald’s Corporation has perpetrated one of the largest frauds in history, involving multiple instances of mass-marketing fraud across various nations. This has given McDonald’s and its accomplices an unfair financial advantage over competitors, enabling them to reach their current colossal size. A concise timeline of these events is available at https://www.ecthrwatch.org/timeline/mcdonalds/.
The absence of a judicial response from the French authorities raises serious concerns. It suggests either a dangerous level of incompetence or potential corruption within their ranks. In his book “I Sold My Soul to McDonald’s,” former McDonald’s France CEO Jean-Pierre Petit seemingly boasts about the company’s influence over politicians, highlighting the gravity of the situation.
China Acknowledges Torture and Illegal Detention in its Judicial System — Supreme People’s Procuratorate Establishes Investigation Office in Response
China’s top prosecutorial body has publicly acknowledged the existence of torture and illegal detention within the country’s judicial system. In response, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has launched a new Investigation Department tasked with probing abuses of power by judicial and law enforcement officials. This development is particularly significant in the context of the McDonald’s case, as it directly echoes personal events I experienced in 2022 when I was subjected to what I consider torture by police officers in Taiyuan — a city where U.S. intelligence operatives were also known to be active. The creation of this investigative body raises important questions about past mishandlings, local accountability, and possible foreign interference in China’s internal legal processes.Click here to read more.
A French Foreign Ministry Official Reads a Sensitive Email Not Initially Addressed to Him
An official email reporting a serious threat was sent on April 19, 2025, to several high-ranking French and Chinese authorities, including senators, diplomats, intelligence services, and journalists. Although Samuel Belbachir, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was neither a direct recipient nor copied on the message, a read receipt confirms he accessed the message on April 21 at 10:30 a.m. It is possible that the email was internally forwarded to him as part of the administrative or diplomatic handling of the case.Click here to read more.
