Matthew Cox
- Engaged in identity theft, money laundering and bank fraud across six states.
- In Tampa, obtained $2.77 million in loans to buy 21 properties
- In Nashville, Cox orchestrated non-existent sellers and buyers and falsified lien release documents and deeds to secure multiple $122,500 loans on the same property.
- Cox’s crimes were documented by many news sources including the CNNMoney.com in “The Bonnie and Clyde of mortgage fraud”, and in an episode of Dateline NBC that aired in September 2007.
Philip Radmer
- Created phony buyers and corporations
- Sold more than 60 vacant lots that were not legally his
- Targeted churches and non-profits
- Netted $655,000 from the sale of four properties owned by First Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Ill.
- Many news sources documented Radmer’s crimes, including the Chicago Tribune in “Swindler convicted of taking church lots” and “Records show land swindler at it again – from jail” to name a few.