$32M CELEBRITY CRYPTO SCAM EXPOSED! | Fraudster Founder Reveals EVERYTHING!

Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime
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Chapters & Sections (185)

0:08 Childhood Trauma and Family Life chapter 2
0:31 Accident as a Child and Its Aftermath
1:02 Family Dynamics and Childhood Experiences
3:06 Growing Up in Poverty and Crime chapter 5
3:06 Desire to Avoid Typical Jobs and Parents' Work Ethic
3:36 Involvement in Selling Pot and Learning from Older Brothers
4:07 Perception of Limited Opportunities and Influence of Family Members
4:38 Discussion of Data Brokers and Aura's Services
5:09 Personal Experience with Struggling to Make a Living and Importance of Protecting Personal Information
6:10 Growing Up in a Neighborhood with Limited Financial Means chapter 6
6:10 Perception of Success and Drug Selling
6:41 Stepfather's Financial Situation and Lack of Role Model
7:12 Idolizing Others and Negative Experience with Stepfather
7:43 Molestation by Stepbrother and Feeling of Isolation
8:15 Finding Solace in Self-Perception and Charisma
8:47 First Opportunity to Sell Pot and Neighborhood Dynamics
9:19 Childhood and Early Life Experiences chapter 5
9:19 Growing Up with Wealthy Jewish Families
9:51 Selling Pot and Becoming a Chair Boy
10:22 Turning a Shack into a Trap House
10:52 Making Money and Becoming Arrogant
11:56 Getting Involved in Poker and Crime
12:26 Childhood Experiences and Family Dynamics chapter 4
12:26 Early Life, Online Poker, and Car Accident
12:58 Consequences of the Car Accident and Suing the Driver
13:29 Getting an Apartment at 16 and Starting to Party
14:01 Mom's Support and Family Dynamics
15:33 Childhood Abuse and Family Dynamics chapter 4
15:33 Abusive Childhood Environment
16:03 Aspirations to be a Criminal and Family Influence
16:33 Documentary Editing and Perception
17:37 Perception of Main Character in Documentary
18:39 The Documentary and its Impact chapter 3
18:39 Initial Reaction to the Documentary
19:11 Reflection on Past Actions and Media Portrayal
20:12 The Documentary's Positive Impact
21:13 Getting into the drug game chapter 3
21:13 Buying and selling drugs for the first time
22:15 The consequences of addiction
23:50 Dealing with prescription fraud
24:21 Drug Addiction and Prescription Fraud chapter 3
24:21 Obtaining Prescriptions and Filling Pads
25:55 Scaling Prescription Fraud and Financial Gain
26:56 Arrest and Consequences
27:26 Childhood Experiences with Law Enforcement chapter 2
27:26 Avoiding Detection and Turning Self In
28:29 Getting a Lawyer and Drug Court
30:02 The speaker's desire to get rich chapter 5
30:02 Desire for wealth and reckless spending habits
30:33 The speaker's life of peaks and valleys
31:05 Visiting a friend in Florida and the VMO thing
31:36 Fraud and scams in South Florida
32:37 Stock fraud and lavish lifestyles
33:09 Discussion about moving to South Florida chapter 3
33:09 Initial thoughts on moving and visiting a friend
33:41 Story about sending money through Venmo
34:12 Consequences of sending money and account issues
35:44 Finding and Exploiting a Venmo Loophole chapter 4
35:44 Initial Discovery and Recruitment
36:15 Scaling the Operation
36:45 Workarounds and Optimization
37:49 Parlaying the Gains into a Car Rental Business
38:20 Business Venture with Partner chapter 3
38:20 Starting a Business with Credit Issues
39:23 Success and Elevation in Business
40:24 Challenges with Car Rental Business
41:25 Rental Car Insurance and Depreciation chapter 4
41:25 Rental Car Insurance and Speedometer
41:55 Umbrella Insurance for Rental Cars
42:26 Flipping Cars and Depreciation
42:57 Buying Used Luxury Cars
44:29 The Club Experience chapter 4
44:29 Strip Clubs and Unwise Spending
44:59 Clubbing Culture and Financial Waste
45:30 Frugality and Avoiding Club Expenses
47:04 Embezzlement, Debt, and Vegas
47:34 Struggles with Debt and Mental Health chapter 2
47:34 Overwhelming Debt and Suicidal Thoughts
48:05 Venting to Mother about Financial Struggles
49:10 Realization of Crypto's Potential chapter 1
49:10 Business Failure and Partnership with Sorby Sharma
50:45 Early Experiences with Crypto and Sorb chapter
52:18 Sorb's Loss and Coinbase Lawsuit chapter
53:51 Cryptocurrency and Debit Cards chapter 4
53:51 Desire for Anonymity and Convenience in Financial Transactions
54:22 Design of the Crypto Debit Card System
54:54 Raising Money and Partnerships with Other Companies
55:56 Pre-Sale of Coins and Early Investors
56:57 Discussion of Ether Delta and Centra's Pumping chapter 4
56:57 Finding a way to pump the price of Centra
57:29 The article and Cliff High's involvement
57:59 Watching the pre-sale raise money
59:01 The sudden influx of funds and the plan's change
1:00:01 Initial Conversation chapter 5
1:00:01 Lavish Spending and Car Company
1:00:31 Restaurant Preferences
1:01:02 Caviar and Luxury Spending
1:01:36 Personal Life and Business Plans
1:02:38 Business Development and Club Night
1:03:08 Raising Money for Technology Development chapter 4
1:03:08 Challenges in Raising Money and Building Technology
1:03:40 Marketing Efforts and Celebrity Endorsements
1:04:10 Ethereum Boom and Financial Success
1:04:43 Building the Technology and Reality of Crypto Cards
1:06:15 Cryptocurrency and Debit Card Scam chapter 4
1:06:15 Fraudulent Debit Card Scheme and Front Running
1:07:17 Fake CEO and Obituary
1:07:47 Biographical Fabrications
1:08:19 More Biographical Lies and Editing
1:09:24 Fraud in Real Life chapter 4
1:09:24 Stress of Online Investing and Lack of Understanding
1:09:56 Consequences of Losing Money in Cryptocurrency
1:10:27 Class Action Suit and Misconceptions about Fraud
1:11:29 Celebrity Endorsements and Financial Success
1:12:32 Discussion on NFTs, Memecoins, and Celebrity Endorsements chapter 3
1:12:32 The Rise of Memecoins and NFTs
1:13:03 Celebrity Endorsements in Crypto and NFTs
1:14:07 Personal Experiences with Celebrity Endorsements and Business Partnerships
1:15:39 The Importance of Charisma in Developers chapter 3
1:15:39 The Value of Charisma in Coding
1:16:09 Elon Musk's Team and Communication Style
1:18:11 PR Nightmare and Ghost Bed Advertisement
1:18:43 Ghostbed Promotion and Personal Experience chapter 3
1:18:43 Ghostbed Promotion and Recommendation
1:19:14 Personal Experience with Hacking and Security Issues
1:19:45 Dealing with Hackers and Online Threats
1:21:19 Company's Struggles with Misrepresentation chapter 3
1:21:19 Influencers and Misrepresentation
1:22:52 Confronting the CEO and Cover-up
1:23:53 Reflections on the Company's Demise
1:24:24 Company Ownership and Industry Criticism chapter 3
1:24:24 Industry Criticism and Allegations of Unfair Business Practices
1:25:27 Company's Response to Criticism and Allegations
1:25:58 Personal Experience with Company and SEC Investigation
1:27:32 Meeting Jason Derulo at a Casino chapter 4
1:27:32 Jason Derulo Joins the Table
1:28:05 Playing with Jason and Making a Large Bet
1:28:35 Going to the Strip Club with Jason
1:29:38 Arrests and Not Being Charged
1:30:38 Arrest and Incarceration chapter 4
1:30:38 Initial Arrest and Jail Experience
1:31:10 Phone Call from Jail and Unexpected Events
1:31:41 Arrest at Home and FBI Involvement
1:32:12 Rehabilitation and Dental Issues
1:33:14 Rehabilitation and House Arrest chapter 1
1:33:14 House Arrest, College, and Agreement
1:33:45 Cooperation Agreement and Legal Issues chapter 3
1:33:45 Charges and Legal Troubles
1:34:47 Conspiracy to Sell Drugs
1:35:49 Cooperation Agreement and Sentencing
1:36:50 Regret over past mistakes in business chapter 3
1:36:50 Acknowledging past wrongdoings and lack of accountability
1:37:21 Comparing to other fraudulent cases in the industry
1:38:54 Admitting and taking responsibility for past actions
1:39:57 Introduction to Cryptocurrency chapter 5
1:39:57 Initial Confusion and Misconceptions about Crypto
1:40:29 Ridicule and Limited Acceptance of Crypto
1:41:00 Transaction Fees and Limitations of Bitcoin
1:41:31 Advancements in Cryptocurrency Technology and Industry Recognition
1:42:33 Clarification on Card Concept and Competitors in the Industry
1:43:06 Discussion of Sentra and Sorby's Actions chapter 4
1:43:06 Initial Sentra Concept and House Arrest
1:43:39 Sorby's New Cryptocurrency and Probation Violation
1:44:11 Attempted Hit on the Speaker and FBI Involvement
1:45:44 Sorby's Actions and the Speaker's Reaction
1:46:15 Home Confinement and Gang Member's Word chapter 1
1:46:15 Gang Member's Motives and Legal Issues
1:46:46 Life Changes and Drug Counseling chapter 3
1:46:46 Life Changes, Marriage, and Sobriety
1:47:16 Criminal Charges and Investigation
1:47:48 Seizure of Assets and Sentencing
1:49:21 The Author's Sentencing Experience chapter 4
1:49:21 The Author's Initial Reaction to Sentencing
1:50:25 The Unexpected Turn of Events with the Author's Wife
1:51:28 The Author's Decision to Proceed with Sentencing Despite the Unexpected Event
1:51:59 The Author's Use of the Situation for Future Content Creation
1:52:29 Personal Life Update chapter 4
1:52:29 Off-Probation and Newborn Child
1:52:59 Crypto Industry Update
1:54:00 Brother's Company and Zoom Calls
1:54:30 Jason Derulo's Coin Scam Experience
1:55:34 Jason Derulo Coin and Industry Revival chapter 3
1:55:34 Leading the Jason Derulo Coin and Gaining Industry Recognition
1:56:05 Industry Impact and New Opportunities
1:56:35 Book Writing and Netflix Deal

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