--- title: The Monopoly Man Showed Up to Equifax Senate Hearing description: A woman dressed as the Monopoly man showed up to the Senate hearing on the Equifax data breach, much to the Internet's delight. canonical: https://time.com/4969307/monopoly-man-equifax-senate-hearing/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-04T19:33:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:46.618Z og:title: Monopoly Man Magically Showed Up to Equifax's Senate Hearing og:description: Rich Uncle Pennybags definitely made his presence known og:url: https://time.com/4969307/monopoly-man-equifax-senate-hearing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf031a1d198aa4add/6988e0897cdbac7a67d5a55b/equifax-monopoly-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Equifax-Senate-Hearing-Monopoly-Man og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Monopoly Man Magically Showed Up to Equifax's Senate Hearing twitter:description: Rich Uncle Pennybags definitely made his presence known twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf031a1d198aa4add/6988e0897cdbac7a67d5a55b/equifax-monopoly-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 'Monopoly Man' Showed Up to Equifax's Senate Hearing and It Was 'Magical'  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 4, 2017 7:33 PM UTC  A demonstrator sits in costume behind Richard Smith, former CEO of Equifax, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2017. A demonstrator sits in costume behind Richard Smith, former CEO of Equifax, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2017.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 4, 2017 7:33 PM UTC A woman dressed as the [Monopoly man](http://time.com/money/4702503/new-monopoly-tokens-boot/) showed up to Wednesday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing on the [Equifax data breach](http://time.com/4966153/equifax-security-breach-increase/), much to the delight of the Internet. Sporting Rich Uncle Pennybags’ classic top hat and monocle look, the protester — who was reportedly a representative of consumer advocacy group [Public Citizen](https://twitter.com/Public%5FCitizen) — sat behind former Equifax CEO Richard Smith as he testified on the credit firm’s massive security hack. “We sent the Monopoly man to the [#Equifax](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Equifax?src=hash) hearing to send a message,” [Public Citizen tweeted](https://twitter.com/Public%5FCitizen/status/915593704827695104). “Forced arbitration gives [@Equifax](https://twitter.com/Equifax) a monopoly over our justice system.” Some who spotted the board game character in the audience at the hearing took to Twitter to express their amusement at the stunt. “The Monopoly Man who is wiping his brow with money and twirling his mustache is magical,” user [Carolyn Altland wrote](https://twitter.com/AltlandCarolyn/status/915603003863904256). “A tip of the hat to the Monopoly Man,” [Red T Raccoon added](https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/915634476771880960). “You good sir took a chance and it paid off during the Equifax hearings. Now go collect $200.” See some of the responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/Kmarkobarstool/status/915620252976807936) > [](https://twitter.com/AltlandCarolyn/status/915603003863904256) > [](https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/915607105763201024) > [](https://twitter.com/MBlackman37/status/915647668243722240) > [](https://twitter.com/ClotureClub/status/915638270301757440) > [](https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/915634476771880960) > [](https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/915610392352739328) > [](https://twitter.com/byrdinator/status/915608475580928000) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4969307/monopoly-man-equifax-senate-hearing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4969307/monopoly-man-equifax-senate-hearing/"},"headline":"The 'Monopoly Man' Showed Up to Equifax's Senate Hearing and It Was 'Magical'","datePublished":"2017-10-04T19:33:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:46.618Z","description":"Rich Uncle Pennybags definitely made his presence known","url":"https://time.com/4969307/monopoly-man-equifax-senate-hearing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Bizarre","Pop Culture","Equifax"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf031a1d198aa4add/6988e0897cdbac7a67d5a55b/equifax-monopoly-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf031a1d198aa4add/6988e0897cdbac7a67d5a55b/equifax-monopoly-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Equifax-Senate-Hearing-Monopoly-Man","caption":"A demonstrator sits in costume behind Richard Smith, former CEO of Equifax, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2017.","creditText":"Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4969307/monopoly-man-equifax-senate-hearing/","name":"The 'Monopoly Man' Showed Up to Equifax's Senate Hearing and It Was 'Magical'"}}]}] ```