44 Facts About Matthew Cox

Matthew Bevan "Matt" Cox was born on July 2,1969 and is an American former mortgage broker and admitted mortgage fraudster and con man.

Matthew Cox falsified documents to make it appear that he owned properties, and then fraudulently obtained several mortgages on them for five to six times their actual worth.

Matthew Cox acquired millions of dollars this way; estimates report the amount at between US$15 million and $55 million.

Matthew Cox then sold the mortgage company he owned in a Tampa, Florida area firm.

Matthew Cox began his life as a dedicated criminal in central Florida after that offense, before fleeing the area when his activities were discovered.

Matthew Cox was aided by several female accomplices, some of whom are in prison or have served time there for their participation in his fraudulent mortgage practices.

Matthew Cox is currently a full time true crime author, podcaster, a keynote speaker.

Matthew Cox's story is well chronicled and has been featured on Dateline NBC, CNBC's American Greed, in Fortune magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Playboy magazine, and other media outlets.

Matthew Cox's teachers advised him to get a job in which he worked with his hands, so he studied sculpture at the University of South Florida, and majored in art.

Matthew Cox took a job as an insurance agent after college, but his income disappointed him, and he sought out higher-paying work.

Matthew Cox left his job as an insurance agent to work as a mortgage broker for a local company.

Matthew Cox told co-workers about the book, and elaborated its details to them.

Matthew Cox used his skills as an artist to decorate the properties with elaborate art deco-style murals.

Matthew Cox often filed fraudulent mortgage documents, and in several cases was able to mortgage properties for five to six times their actual worth.

Matthew Cox took advantage of the Hillsborough County school district by selling it a property for much more than its appraised value, and arranged financing on a $90,000 house for future Florida Representative Janet Cruz.

Matthew Cox recorded that sale for $233,000, and hired Cruz to do some rezoning research.

Matthew Cox had already committed criminal offenses before meeting Cox, and was fired from a job in Las Vegas for forging her employer's name on checks that she used to pay her debts.

Matthew Cox's partners claimed to be unaware of Cox's dealings, and they were financially ruined by the collapse of the company.

Matthew Cox used these identities to create a false impression of a quickly appreciating neighborhood, and was able to deceive banks and appraisers into believing that homes with an actual value of $40,000 were really worth $190,000.

Matthew Cox became a fugitive when he failed to report to his probation officers.

Matthew Cox acquired several more properties, then the couple moved to the Tallahassee, Florida area.

Matthew Cox was sentenced to two years in prison for numerous offenses, including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and identity theft.

Shortly thereafter, Matthew Cox filed multiple mortgages on two houses for $886,318 in Columbia, South Carolina in less than a week.

Matthew Cox was arrested when he returned to the bank to make a transaction, but he told authorities his name was "Gary Lee Sullivan", one of about thirty aliases Cox had at the time; because "Sullivan" had no open warrants, the police released him.

In May 2006, after being on the run from authorities for two and a half years, Matthew Cox was placed on the Secret Service's Most Wanted Fugitives List.

The week that Hauck was sentenced to prison, Matthew Cox was living in Nashville, Tennessee under the name Joseph Carter.

Matthew Cox was dating a single mother, Amanda Gardner, who was unaware of his criminal past, and posing as the owner of a home restoration business.

Matthew Cox told her he was from a wealthy family, and his silver 2005 Infiniti and "fashionably decorated bungalow" seemed to confirm this.

Matthew Cox used a falsified passport to travel to Europe on a cruise of the Greek Isles with Gardner.

Matthew Cox did not spend much time in Italy or Greece due to his intense fear of Interpol.

Matthew Cox temporarily escaped capture due to a chance series of events.

Matthew Cox had been building Williamson a house using his fake identity and credit history, but, fortunately for his friend, he was arrested before Williamson could give him a down payment.

Matthew Cox faced 42 counts of fraud, in addition to felony charges for fleeing while on probation from a previous conviction.

Matthew Cox ordered Cox to pay $5.97 million in restitution.

Matthew Cox is believed to have fraudulently mortgaged more than 100 properties.

Matthew Cox was ordered to serve a 26-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, a low-security facility in Coleman, Florida.

Matthew Cox was ordered to pay $5.97 million in restitution and required to testify against his co-conspirators.

Matthew Cox said White told him he could not receive the money directly, and suggested that Matthew Cox have friends donate $500 each, and then reimburse them.

Records and statements from those who donated show that Matthew Cox did in fact make numerous contributions to White's campaign, and reimbursed others who did so as well.

When Matthew Cox was first arrested, the FBI talked to him about White, whom they were investigating, and he told them the same information.

Matthew Cox claimed to have paid him $7,000 in cash in addition to the recorded contributions he arranged.

Matthew Cox had fled the Tampa area before White cast any rezoning votes, so there is no voting record which could help confirm the validity of his accusations.

Diveroli agreed to let Matthew Cox write the memoir, as he had "boxes of evidence" under his bed while fighting his own trial.

Matthew Cox was released from federal prison on July 19,2019.