Full podcast episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIGN2KmfZ6WnadI.html Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzread.info Guest bio: 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 KZread channel Inside True Crime.

To clarify on snitches and rats....A snitch is someone who gets caught and gives info about the people they were doing crime with to get a deal on time in jail. A prison rat is someone who goes to jail and just taddle tells on everyone like that teachers pet in elementary school.

@huckleberryfinn8795

3 ай бұрын

In the mob, a rat is someone that tells on their own people to get a reduced sentence. Like Sammy the Bull Grevano. Its basically the same thing.

@ 3:45 “you son of a bitch” lmao. Best part of this interview

this guy strikes me as a sociopath that or just having no moral compas if push comes to shove the way he sais things he always alludes remorse but his actions always speak otherwise, then breaks it almost instantly

@Truevitz

4 ай бұрын

Lex finds himself interviewing a lot of sociopaths

@o4jl118

4 ай бұрын

The guy is a schizophrenic, according to lex’s titles

@jmd489

4 ай бұрын

Think you’re right. The way he constantly uses people without remorse shows me he’s learned nothing. He’s a scumbag at his core.

@caryg4638

3 ай бұрын

@@o4jl118 That was the lawyer, I thought.

18:32 " as much of a pain in the ass as he was"....lol in more ways than one, im sure.

Damn this dude here smh. Don’t have him in the car if your ass runs a red light! He gonna be quick to tell the cops you did it! No matter how ya spin it kid, you still common as hell.

@macrosense

4 ай бұрын

If a cop pulls you over for running a red light, it usually means he saw you run the red light. That means if you lie about it, you sound like a dumbass.

@dannysong5645

4 ай бұрын

Ima ride w u so u take the wrap for my crimes ez

Imagine having $250,000 and cashing it in to the government for 100 days of community service. Maybe just keep the fucking money next time. Absolutely idiotic..

They had to let frank go. He was bad for Business.

It's a code to not snitch. I heard about a guy who said if someone tried to mess with him in prison he'd go right to an officer to report it. The guy asking him said, you mean you'd snitch? Hell yeah I'd snitch. Just because it's a code, I appreciate the guy's response.

@Guru-ue2yp

4 ай бұрын

This dude is con artist dirtbag, don’t let him fool you

His story reminds me about a similar situation involving "Freeway Ricky". (Considered by the Feds to be the Godfather of crack cocaine in Los Angeles) When Freeway Ricky was prosecuted, he was found guilty and sent to prison. He couldn't read. He taught himself to read in prison. After learning to read, he read law books. I don't remember the exact specifics of his story, but he found a legal 'loop hole' that allowed himself to get out of prison or get a new trial. Which ever it was, he didn't have to go back to prison. Several people have interviewed him and the interviews are on KZread. I would highly recommend that you listen to the interviews. It's amazing to listen to him talk. You would have no clue that this is a man with no education. He talks more intelligently than most college graduates I have met.

This guy is hilarious! Lifetime movie at best 😂

Damn the sex bots have been faster than me once again

Frank is definitely his lover😩😩😩

@Zys19

4 ай бұрын

ayo? 💀

@chunkyMunky329

4 ай бұрын

Butt buddies

Rat sounds accurate

I believe a 'rat' is someone involved with a crime, that betrays his accomplices to the police. A 'snitch' is someone (even a bystander) that just has information about a crime, but wasn't directly involved. So rats are on the inside, snitches are external.

@BlacksmithBets

4 ай бұрын

No both words are used inside. Snitches get stitches and no snitching are common sayings inside prison.

@flyingosom202

4 ай бұрын

lol don't overthink it bro

@victoralley708

3 ай бұрын

No, you just made that up. Those words are interchangeable and have the exact same meaning in jail or prison.

@PrivateAccountXSG

3 ай бұрын

@@victoralley708 oh yeah, im not claiming to be a master on this. They could be the same. That is how I have understood it distinguished in pop culture

@mbkhustle1325

3 ай бұрын

A civilian can not be a rat smh

He had to smoke the pipe 4 sure......

I need an interview with frank

Stressful

I told someone once, in our 30s “are we in middle school? We’re adults living life. Children follow the no tattling rule…. Are you a child or an adult?”

Who is Frank?

Soft White Underbelly did an amazing interview on this guy last year. Y'all should check it out.

I've heard this story before, was this guy on another podcast?

@charles7558

4 ай бұрын

He's been on multiple podcasts, and he's also told this on his channel.

@Zys19

4 ай бұрын

koncrete a few years ago his episode blew up back then

All drugs and prostitutions should be legal people should watch the ted talk About a world without money.

First

Why you interviewing a snitch

@christophermitchell4455

4 ай бұрын

Because he has one of the best crime stories of all time. And the no snitching "Code" you speak of, it doesnt exist. Close to 90% of Federal inmates have cooperated. Outside of the prison KZread genre, no one cares about snitching, they just want a good story.

@tonysoprano1454

4 ай бұрын

@@christophermitchell4455 he’s done so many great interviews. I’m not sure why he is waisting his time with a sociopathic criminal.

@Zys19

4 ай бұрын

​@@tonysoprano1454all he did was financial crimes that shit is not that deep who cares

@chunkyMunky329

4 ай бұрын

@@christophermitchell4455 That's an oversimplification. Saying that something "doesn't exist" simply because a person with anti-social personality disorder is a hypocrite doesn't make any sense. The whole point in diagnosing this people is that we've come to expect them to have entitlement issues where they expect others to follow the rules while they do not have to.

@adamoneill6193

4 ай бұрын

Nobody cares