He was able to fake good credit to buy literally dozens of Tampa properties, including an apartment building... And then secretly, leaving almost no mark at all, according to investigators, he used his building like a burglar’s tool. Again, using a false name, he filed fake documents to make it appear it was paid off... It’s reported Cox took out mortgages on this building worth nearly a $1 million, five times what it was worth.

They were more like Robin Hood, Cox told her—the big fat insurance companies would cover the losses, nobody would actually get hurt.

And so she was willingly sucked in.

Alison rented a home, forged a deed, and then just as Cox told her he’d done again and again, filed phony paperwork to get three real mortgage loans borrowing nearly $400,000 against a property she didn’t even own.

Then, she bought a house under a fake name and incredibly, the Social Security number of her own young son... She filed false paperwork to make it appear a mortgage was paid off, then pulled out hundreds of thousands of dollars and leaving lenders holding the bag.

Atlanta-area lenders who’d been stiffed began alerting authorities about Cox’s schemes.

"The number of victims, the number of stolen identities used, the number of prior mortgages that are erased—all of that makes this case very unique, said Gale McKenzie, assistant U.S. attorney, Atlanta."