Lex Fridman Podcast
#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud
17 Jan 2024
Matthew Cox is a former con man who served 13 years in federal prison for bank fraud, mortgage fraud, and identity theft. He is the author of many books, including his memoir Shark in the Housing Pool, and runs the YouTube channel Inside True Crime. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Freud's Last Session: see it in select theaters - Babbel: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off - NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/matthew-cox-transcript EPISODE LINKS: Matthew's YouTube: https://youtube.com/@InsideTrueCrime Matthew's Instagram: https://instagram.com/insidetruecrime Matthew's Art Instagram: https://instagram.com/coxpopart Matthew's TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@matthewcoxtruecrime Shark in the Housing Pool (book): https://amzn.to/3S52EEy PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:43) - Mortgage fraud (23:32) - Creating fake people (57:17) - Arrested by FBI (1:14:08) - Omerta: Code of silence (1:36:26) - Fake ID's (2:05:48) - Getting caught (2:19:12) - Going on the run from FBI (2:30:54) - Identity theft (2:51:34) - More scams (3:03:23) - FBI Most Wanted (3:05:51) - Close calls (3:36:46) - Break up with Becky (3:41:26) - Calling parents (3:43:25) - Calling FBI (3:49:06) - Running from cops (4:10:56) - Getting arrested (4:26:21) - Snitching (4:42:35) - Prison (5:00:08) - War dogs (5:06:50) - Frank Amodeo (5:42:21) - Freedom (5:53:15) - Family (5:59:19) - Regret
Full Episode
The following is a conversation with Matthew Cox, a con man recently released from federal prison where he served 13 years for bank fraud, mortgage fraud, identity theft, passport fraud, and other charges. He has admitted guilt to all of it.
He has written true crime stories of many of his fellow prisoners, and now he continues this work by interviewing criminals about their crimes on his YouTube channel that I recommend called Inside True Crime. Exploring the mind of a criminal is exploring human nature at the extremes, often in its most raw and illuminating form.
And that is something I definitely want to do with this podcast, to understand the human mind and everything it is capable of. All right, this is Ads Batch 130 for Matthew Cox. And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It's the best way to support this podcast. We've got Freud's Last Session for a great movie. Babbel for learning new languages.
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I try to make these interesting. But friends, if you must skip them, please do check out the sponsors. It really is one of the best ways, if not the best way to support this podcast. I really do enjoy their stuff. Maybe you will too. This episode is brought to you by, ooh, a new sponsor, Freud's Last Session. It's a movie, a new movie, and it's out in select theaters now.
I'm really, really, really excited. First of all, I'm excited that Austin is showing it, and so I'm excited to go see it in the theaters this week. And I recommend you do, too, if it's showing in your particular city. Anyway, it's got Sigmund Freud debating C.S. Lewis, about the existence of God.
And I'm sure a lot of other topics that are kind of embedded into that overarching big topic about meaning in life and all that kind of stuff. Sigmund Freud, by the way, is played by Anthony Hopkins. And if you go online and see reviews, apparently he knocked it out of the park. I mean, he is kind of the perfect person to play Sigmund Freud. I love this. I love everything about this.
In fact, the people that are making this film said just that, that this is like the perfect movie for Lex. Anyway, maybe you'll enjoy it too. Maybe this is just like a ad read for me directly. Maybe the whole purpose of this is for me to read this out loud so I remind myself to make sure I go see this amazing movie.
Anyway, as far as I can tell, there's lots of philosophical explorations of human sexuality and the human condition. Friends, go see Freud's Last Session, only in theaters, playing in select cities. This episode is also brought to you by Babbel, an app and website that gets you speaking in a new language within weeks.
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