Shark in the Housing Pool

De: Matthew Cox

Narrado por: Shawn Milo

Using forgeries and bogus identities, Matthew B. Cox - one of the most ingenious con men in history - bilked America’s biggest banks out of millions. Despite numerous encounters with bank security, state and federal authorities, Cox narrowly, and quite luckily, avoided capture for years. Eventually, he topped the U.S. Secret Service’s most wanted list, and led the U.S. Marshals, FBI, and the Secret Service on a three-year-chase, while jet-setting around the world with his attractive female accomplices.

Cox has been declared “one of the most prolific mortgage fraud con artists of all time”, by CNBC’s American Greed. Bloomberg Businessweek called him “the mortgage industry’s worst nightmare”, while Dateline NBC described Cox as “a gifted forger and silver tongued liar”. Playboy magazine proclaimed, “His scam was real estate fraud, and he was the best”.

Shark in the Housing Pool is Cox’s exhilarating, first-person account, of his stranger-than-fiction story.

©2020 Matthew B. Cox (P)2020 Matthew B. Cox

Very exciting

Matt has a crazy story. The book is a good listen, but it needs to be re-done. Turn it into a radio lab type thing. Check it out. it’s worth the $15

Great story & Narrator

I’ve been a mortgage loan officer since 1994. Most of our annual required continuing education deals with mortgage fraud and what will happen to us if we commit it. I had no idea how it was actually done until now. I’m glad I don’t have a greedy criminal mind!

Phenomenal Book! Superb Narration!

Wonderful & intriguing story, written well. Couldn't stop listening. One of those I just naturally binged listened to, without a single regret.
Narration was phenomenal. Not only completely articulate, but suited the subject matter perfectly.
I 100% recommend this one! Great listen & enlightening.

Amazing read

It’s a great story that keeps you entertained the whole way through. Cox has lived a very interesting life and is a great storyteller. Someone who has been #1 most wanted by the fbi and pulled over by law enforcement with no troubles other then a speeding ticket. One of my favorite audibles!

Giving less than 5 stars is a greater crime than anything Matt did!

Incredible story. I can’t wait for Zach’s book. I like the narrator but would have been pleased to hear Matt or Zach narrate each others books!

Great read

Saw Matt on KONCRETE podcast, so I had an idea of his life. Book was very detailed and so are his crime podcasts like “bent”. I recommend this book

Funny and Brutally Honest

I loved this book. I first became aware of Matt when he was on the Koncrete podcast. Ever since I’ve been following Matt’s YouTube channel, inside true crime. He is a great storyteller, and I’m looking forward to reading his books he has written for other people he met along the way.

Well-narrated and written

Overall, this was a great listen. It did get a little in the weeds and repetitive regarding the super specific details of his grifts and felt a little braggadocios at times but that was his personality.

fascimating story abrupt end without disclosing ultimate consequences

the story was excellent t and well told but the capture and subsequent consequence was never clear. I would have e liked more about his prison years and rose to fame as a TV personality subseqie t roset

Deviously spellbinding...

This was a well-written and compelling account of a housing and financing scam. It sucked me in from the start and left me shaking my head by the end. Cringe worthy throughout, it was a deviously planned scheme that bilked the system for millions and left hundreds of people in its wake. The writing was fantastic. I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys listening to true crime.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."