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AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Dane Cook's half-brother stole $12 million, then hid the cash in jars of pasta sauce

A new documentary reveals how comedian Dane Cook's half-brother and business manager looted at least $12 million from his accounts, and stashed bricks of cash inside containers of pasta sauce before vanishing after prison. Darryl McCauley grew up alongside Cook. Both wanted to be stand-up comedians. Cook made it, becoming one of the most commercially […] The post Dane Cook's half-brother stole $12 million, then hid the cash in jars of pasta sauce appeared first on American Almanac .

A new documentary reveals how comedian Dane Cook's half-brother and business manager looted at least $12 million from his accounts, and stashed bricks of cash inside containers of pasta sauce before vanishing after prison. Darryl McCauley grew up alongside Cook. Both wanted to be stand-up comedians. Cook made it, becoming one of the most commercially successful comics of the 2000s. McCauley became a corrections officer. Then Cook handed him the keys to his finances, and McCauley helped himself to a fortune. The full scope of the theft is the subject of "Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story," a documentary set to premiere on September 29 and available to stream on demand. Variety first reported on the film and its details, including…Open