I heard of a guy who did this same scam but with people who died in early childhood. Like he'd just take their SS# and birth certificate and take out a bunch of loans in their name and then skip town.

Which frankly sounds more ethical than this cuz at least that person doesn't end up in jail for years.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

That's cool since hose dead kids probably don't have anyone to inherit their debt. This guy deserves the Chinese billionaire fraudster treatment.

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Don't judge me" is the sort of thing you say when someone finds out you collect Zoids as an adult, not... this

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Americans think that whether or not you support genocide is just like disagreeing over which fruit is better, so this is completely unsurprising

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

"We can disagree and still be friends!"

[–] BGDelirium@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So I'll be ignorant here. This guy makes $20-50 million in scams. He gets fined 2 million, pays 6 million in restitution. So he gets to keep 10-30 million dollars in ill-gotten gains?

Plus as @AernaLingus@hexbear.net points out, he also gets to have a lucrative post-imprisonment career after having his sentence reduced multiple times.

This fuckface should have gotten a life sentence, no parole. Or am I being too harsh with sentencing?

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Nah. Force him to play Russian roulette blindfolded if he makes it through 3 pulls he gets to live.

All the chambers are loaded. This motherfucker is next level evil.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I was sure this had to be some AI tomfoolery or something, but...nope, it's a real dude.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Cox

edit: That said, I'm pretty sure that this is deceptively edited. The description of his crimes seems accurate, but I suspect they've framed it to make him seem completely unrepentant (e.g. sticking the "don't judge me" at the beginning). I'm not sure which video (or videos) this is cut from, but it'd be helpful to figure that out.

...but that said, it seems like he's made an entire second career out of telling all of these self-aggrandizing tales of his crimes (see also: Jordan Belfort a.k.a. The Wolf of Wall Street), so it's kind of a moot point. He's still profiting off of his crimes. I mean, for Christ's sake, his YouTube banner has him holding wads of hundred dollar bills—it's not exactly subtle.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

Taking out dozens of fraudulent mortgages is basically white collar bank robbery and would be cool if it weren't for all the preying on the homeless

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

From the description of his youtube channel

My name is Matthew B. Cox and I’m a con man. I served 13 years in federal prison for a variety of bank fraud related charges, and I’m 100 percent guilty of them all. As you can imagine, I have always been fascinated by true crime; ranging from true crime documentaries to movies.

While I was incarcerated, I wrote dozens of my fellow prisoners' true crime stories. Those stories led me to start this YouTube channel. Specifically, the bulk of the content on the channel revolves around me interviewing various criminals about their crimes. I hope to focus on the more unique, clever, and bizarre true crime tales, as opposed to, the more murderous stories that dominate the genre.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

At first I thought this was a joke, then I realized I live in america.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a LOT of bookmarks on the quoted post

This site used to have a bit account, I think the username had "list" in it, which would just comment "✍️".

Edit: it was @theList@hexbear.net, but it looks like the account purged all the comments.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Wow.

And he just lets his face be broadcast to the world

[–] ColonelKataffy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

he's like the evil version of spanish anarchist Lucio Urtubia

[–] miz@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

I can't deal with this
I just can't