🤣 #96 - INSIDE CRIME: Meet The FBI's Most Wanted Fraud Mastermind | Matthew Cox

(***TIMESTAMPS in Description below) ~ Matthew Cox is a notorious former con artist, FBI’s Most Wanted suspect, fraud expert, and criminal. While he still holds a strong expertise in fraud, Matt no longer actively practices after completing 13 years in the slammer due to his many, many crimes. Instead, he has become a prolific True Crime author and podcast host.

Cox’s bibliography includes “War Dogs” subject Efraim Diveroli’s Memoir, “Once a Gun Runner.” You can subscribe to his terrific podcast (“Inside True Crime with Matt Cox”) here: https://youtube.com/c/InsideTrueCrime 

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0:00 - Intro; The story behind Matt’s first fraud; The Mom Who Was A Really Bad Criminal; Did you ever consider if this was not good person stuff?

20:17 - Matt explains the threshold of crime that lives inside everyone; Why pride was Matt’s downfall; Matt’s relationship with a father and how it molded him

31:47 - Matt graduates to bigger fraud; The Legend of Eddie LaFuente; Liar Loans

51:44 - Matt  explains how he invented fake banks; How Matt would sell clients to commit fraud; The Great Christian Mortgage Fraud; Matt’s criminal band of appraisers

1:17:43 - Gretchen, Pete, And The Diner Downfall; Taking the FBI on a date; Matt explains why he was “a gangster”; Matt recalls his ex-wife and his divorce post-downfall number 1 

1:42:38 - The house flipping fraud racket begins; The client who taught Matt Social Security fraud; How Matt would trick the Social Security Administration; “Baby Becca” And The Wife That Never Was; The Reservoir Dogs Who Built Matt’s Empire; The Great Eddie LaFuente Returns; Forbes Magazine loved Matt Cox; The Tragic Car Accident Epidemic in Tampa during Real Estate Mogul Matt Cox’s Reign

2:11:23 - Matt’s 50-60 Credit Card System; That time An Ex-FBI Agent Caught Matt And Took An L; The grind that is being a full time Con Artist; How Matt spent his money

2:30:17 - An Idiot Named Travis And The Bank Sting That Ended The Empire; Matt’s emergency meeting with a Sheriff’s Deputy; Matt got massive plastic surgery to disguise himself and go on the run

2:51:08 - The Match.com Stage-5 Clinger; Matt explains the one thing above all else he knows about his mentality; The Last Supper At Olive Garden; Stage-5 Clinger rears her ugly head

3:13:52 - Matt explains how he would get a fake passport or Driver’s License; The Cheapest, Dumbest Criminal In America; How Matt set up shop in Atlanta

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YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q

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