Entries in Cox and Hauck case (3)
Matthew Cox - US Secret Service's most wanted fugitive is arrested
Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 08:58PM 
The St Petersburg Times, CNN Money and WTVF TV News are all reporting that Matthew Cox, wanted for mortgage fraud and ID Theft in at least three states, has been arrested by Federal Agents in Nashville, TN.
It is reported that a tip from a babysitter led to his arrest. If convicted Cox faces many, many years of imprisonment. At this time I have no further information but we expect there will be a flurry of news releases tomorrow morning.
The US Secret Service website is carrying the photograph to the left. Cox was the first name on their Most Wanted List
Hauck sentenced, Cox still at large
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 11:09AM “Ms. Hauck was involved in a fraud scheme that resulted not only in millions of dollars in losses but also snarled property titles on many residences,” said United States Attorney David E. Nahmias. “She and co-defendant Matthew Cox stole homeowners’ identities and placed multiple loans on houses, which created even more victims.”
HAUCK was sentenced to 5 years, 10 months in federal prison to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. HAUCK was ordered to pay restitution of $1,197,970, and ordered to forfeit any profits from any book, television or any entertainment rights to the United States.
Click here for the full US DOJ press release on the sentencing
Hauck and Cox are charged - Cox still at large
Monday, April 24, 2006 at 10:14AM In the following Press Release the US DOJ in Atlanta, GA announced that Rebecca Marie Hauck and fugitive co-Defendant Matthew Bevan Cox have been charged in a mortgage fraud conspiracy involving 3 states. REBECCA MARIE HAUCK, 34, of Tampa, FL, Las Vegas, NV and most recently of Houston, TX was arraigned on federal charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, interstate transportation of fraud proceeds, identity theft, money laundering and conspiracy. HAUCK was arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge C. Christopher Hagy this morning in federal court in Atlanta, who also ordered her held without bond. No trial date has yet been set.
"Ms. Hauck was the subject of a nationwide fugitive search after her alleged widespread criminal fraud scheme left a trail of victims and a lot of missing money," said United States Attorney David E. Nahmias. "The indictment alleges a complex and damaging mortgage fraud and identity theft scheme. We hope the public can help us locate Matthew Cox so that he too can be brought to justice."
Mattew Bevan Cox Cox in Alabama Cox in Florida
HAUCK is charged in a 42-count indictment with conspiring with fugitive co-defendant MATTHEW BEVAN COX to rent properties from true owners, fraudulently erase prior mortgage liens, assume the identity of the owners and obtain multiple mortgage loans on the same property, before changing locations to re-execute the same scheme. The indictment further alleges that HAUCK and COX used stolen identities to obtain drivers licenses, purchase vehicles, lease mail drops, rent apartments and open bank accounts to receive scheme proceeds in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina.
HAUCK was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 29, 2005. The indictment was unsealed on March 21, 2006 when she was arrested in Houston, Texas by the U. S. Secret Service while living under a stolen identity. HAUCK and COX were first charged in this district by criminal complaint in July 2004.
Members of the public are reminded that the indictment only contains charges. The defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
Law enforcement is seeking the assistance of the public in locating HAUCK’s co-defendant, MATTHEW BEVAN COX, who has been a fugitive on Northen District of Georgia mortgage fraud charges since July 2004 and on Middle District of Florida supervised release violation charges since December 2003.
This case is being investigated by Special Agents of the United States Secret Service. Assistant United States Attorney Gale McKenzie is prosecuting the case.
The Editor - Ian Shuter
On May 15, 2006 Rebecca Hauck pleaded guilty in Federal District Court and will be sentenced on July 31st 2006.
The Editor - Ian Shuter
In the following press release Edward M. Yarbrough, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, announced that on November 16, 2007 MATTHEW BEVAN COX, 37, formerly of Nashville, Atlanta and Tampa, was sentenced today in federal district court in Atlanta on mortgage fraud and identity theft charges arising from criminal cases in the Middle District of Tennessee, the Northern District of Georgia and the Middle District of Florida. The three cases were consolidated in Atlanta for purposes of pleas to those charges and sentencing.
COX was sentenced to serve 26 years and four months of imprisonment, to pay restitution totaling $5.9 million, to forfeit $6 million in property and to serve five years of supervision upon his release from prison.
Click here for a Video Report from WSMV News in Nashville
“COX will now be serving the long prison sentence he deserves for his crimes,” said United States Attorney David E. Nahmias in Atlanta. “While the subject of a three year nationwide manhunt, Cox repeatedly used the stolen identities of minor children, the homeless and others to place multiple fraudulent loans on the same property without the knowledge or consent of the true owners. His crimes resulted in clouded property titles in several states with years of unresolved litigation, a trail of over 100 victims and missing money.”
According to United States Attorney Ed Yarbrough, “COX engaged in the same kind of mortgage fraud scheme while he was in Nashville that he had perpetrated in Atlanta and Tampa. In Nashville, COX, using false names, contracted for the purchase of approximately two dozen residential properties in the Napier area of Nashville and used stolen identities or paid straw borrowers to obtain multiple mortgage loans on those properties at inflated values. COX stole identities by conducting “federal surveys” of the homeless and drug rehab patients to obtain their personal information and then used that information to obtain drivers licenses and state identification cards, lease mail drops, open bank accounts, obtain mortgage loans and apply for a passport used for travel to Greece while he was a federal fugitive.”
COX first became a federal fugitive when he was charged with probation violations on December 22, 2003, arising from his February 19, 2002 mortgage fraud conviction in Tampa. An arrest warrant was also issued for COX in Atlanta when he was charged with mortgage fraud in a criminal complaint in Atlanta in July 2004. COX was indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on September 29, 2005 on 42 counts of mortgage fraud in violation of the bank and wire fraud statutes, identity theft, money laundering and conspiracy.
Following a well-publicized nationwide manhunt, COX was arrested by the United States Secret Service in Nashville, Tennessee on November 16, 2006. The Middle District of Tennessee filed a criminal information on March 20, 2007 charging COX with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and passport fraud here in Middle Tennessee. Similar charges were filed against COX by the Middle District of Florida. COX pled guilty in Atlanta on April 10, 2007 to charges from each of these districts.
“Mortgage fraud is a very serious threat to the economic health of our nation and community,” United States Attorney Ed Yarbrough said. “Cox was convicted of bank fraud and grand theft in Florida in 2002 and placed on probation. While on probation he engaged in additional mortgage fraud schemes in Tampa and Atlanta. He was indicted in Atlanta on mortgage fraud and identity theft charges in 2005. He fled to Nashville, where he continued the same course of conduct as a fugitive under alias names. I commend the relentless work of the agents from the Secret Service and the F.B.I. and the prosecutors from Atlanta, Tampa and Nashville for finally bringing Mr. Cox to justice.”