I ended up convincing social security to issue me social security numbers to children that do not exist.

And then I would go online and I would apply for credit cards in the name of that child.

I've had 27 driver's licenses in seven different states, a little over 20 passports.

But I've had more than 50, 50 identities.

Every person that I made bought five to six houses. I ended up borrowing $11.5 million.

Today's guest is Matt Cox. That's right. We finally made it happen. Matt Cox, you've probably

seen his crime podcast on the internet. He is now world

renowned for telling his story of being the mastermind behind a $50 million mortgage fraud

that had him running from the feds in like 15 different states for years. Yes, he has told the

general aspect of this story on many different podcasts, but never the

specifics that you're about to hear on The Connect. In this podcast, we truly discovered the man

behind the mask, behind the fraud, and that is a good dude. That is a good human being. Go subscribe

to his channel, Inside True Crime with Matt Cox, and God, check out that

Patreon. Patreon.com slash The Connect Show. Without further ado, you are going to love it.

Matt Cox, right here on The Connect with Johnny Mitchell. I didn't make that money. I stole that

money. I mean, it was hard to steal it. It took some work. It wasn't my money.

And all the friends that I had that loved me to death would have done anything for me,

never came to see me. They weren't my friends. You're struggling to make money to impress people that hate you. That's when I see lights behind me start to flash. And I didn't even think. I just

hit it. I was driving like my life depended on. And then I parked the lights behind me start to flash. And I didn't even think. I just hit it.

I was driving like my life depended on. Then I parked the car, popped out, closed the door, and I started running. And he pulls out a burner, shank. It's like six inches. And he passes it to me. And he goes, here, that's yours. Don't ever leave the cell block without this. He was the reason I made it out of that place alive.

Matthew Cox.

Yes.

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