<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[My Site 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Site 2]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/all-news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:41:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.insidetruecrime.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Twins Who Brought Down El Chapo]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Pedro and Margarito Flores Built a Drug Empire—and Then Betrayed the World's Most Powerful Cartel Boss For years, Pedro and Margarito Flores lived a life most drug traffickers only dream about. They moved multi-ton quantities of narcotics across the United States. They handled hundreds of millions of dollars. They dealt directly with some of the most feared cartel leaders in the world. And then they walked away. In one of the most remarkable reversals in modern organized-crime history,...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-twins-who-brought-down-el-chapo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221e9a14f1bdc719633a03</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:56:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_55a174bdb9d249f1a07aefea208e8f1b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skinny Joey]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a Philadelphia Mob Boss Survived the Mafia Wars and Reinvented Himself Behind a Microphone For most mob bosses, the story ends in one of two places: a cemetery or a prison cell. Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino found a third option. Today, Merlino hosts a podcast, gives interviews, and discusses organized crime from the comfort of a recording studio. But long before he became a media personality, he was one of the most feared and controversial figures in the Philadelphia underworld. For...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/skinny-joey</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221e4114f1bdc71963392a</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:54:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_22f496ccbb6e4b5ca42ea456ab919811~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hacker Who Stole America]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Albert Gonzalez Orchestrated the Largest Credit Card Theft in History By the time federal agents arrested Albert Gonzalez in 2008, he had helped steal more credit card numbers than any criminal in American history. The number was almost impossible to comprehend. More than 170 million credit and debit card numbers. Banks lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Retailers scrambled to contain the damage. Consumers across the country discovered fraudulent charges appearing on accounts they...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-hacker-who-stole-america</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221dc2aaa8d363bc4478e7</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:53:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_eede9a2e74474fa98465b28a3f5fdf2d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King of the Carders]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Max Butler Built a Criminal Empire From Stolen Credit Cards Long before ransomware gangs extorted Fortune 500 companies and cryptocurrency fueled a new generation of cybercriminals, there was Max Butler. Known online as "Iceman," Butler helped transform cybercrime from a collection of isolated hackers into a sophisticated underground economy worth millions of dollars. By the time federal agents finally caught him, prosecutors would describe him as one of the most prolific cybercriminals...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-king-of-the-carders</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221d4b1f44c606b375cfaa</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_6c3935b0d9a24f788ec5412a7b80dd3e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The HBO Kid]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Frank Cardamone Built America's Largest Cable-TV Piracy Empire Long before hackers stole streaming passwords and criminals sold illegal IPTV subscriptions online, there was Frank Cardamone. In the early 1980s, Cardamone became one of the most infamous pirates in America—not on the high seas, but in the rapidly expanding world of cable television. To thousands of customers across northeastern Pennsylvania, he was known simply as "The HBO Kid." The nickname wasn't subtle. Cardamone printed...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-hbo-kid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221cf2367ed35011d6c426</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:49:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_b8233bee800e44c7b7d32f6298457f6e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hunter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tom Simon and the Long Pursuit of America's Most Wanted The mythology of the FBI often centers on dramatic arrests—the handcuffs clicking shut, the fugitive cornered, the years-long manhunt finally over. But for retired FBI Special Agent Tom Simon, the job was rarely about the moment of capture. It was about patience. For much of his career, Simon worked in the world of violent criminals, organized crime figures, and fugitives who had spent years mastering the art of disappearing. The...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-hunter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221c84aaa8d363bc4475e3</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_14f5d332ed4143d3b1ddd8bbb4173622~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Drive]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Strange and Tragic Case of Mackenzie Shirilla On a summer morning in July of 2022, a speeding Toyota Camry left a suburban road in northeast Ohio, crossed a stretch of grass, and slammed into a brick building at more than 100 miles per hour. The crash lasted only seconds. The debate that followed would last years. At the center of it all was Mackenzie Shirilla, a 17-year-old from Strongsville, Ohio, whose life became the subject of one of the most closely watched criminal cases in the...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-last-drive</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221c17367ed35011d6c21c</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:45:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_c5f11a41aec14dd8a6755d5284ae5d23~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen Takeovers: The Social Media Trend Turning Public Spaces Into Flashpoints]]></title><description><![CDATA[What begins as a social media post can turn into chaos in a matter of hours. Across the United States, police departments are grappling with a growing phenomenon known as "teen takeovers"—large, loosely organized gatherings of teenagers coordinated through platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Discord. While many participants arrive simply looking to socialize, some events have devolved into fights, vandalism, assaults, robberies, and arrests. The trend has become a growing...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/teen-takeovers-the-social-media-trend-turning-public-spaces-into-flashpoints</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a221ba714f1bdc7196332cd</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:43:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_a960de5a86e7438fa92f21685a42758c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Immigration Fixer How James Keegan Built a Fortune Selling False Hope]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a small storefront office in Berwyn, Illinois, James Keegan sold something more valuable than money. He sold hope. To hundreds of undocumented immigrants living in the Chicago area, Keegan presented himself as a man with connections. He claimed to be a former attorney for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He said he knew the system. More importantly, he claimed he knew how to beat it. For a fee—usually around $3,000—Keegan promised what many of his clients desperately wanted: legal...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-immigration-fixerhow-james-keegan-built-a-fortune-selling-false-hope</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21e9eae3c740ba363778b1</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:11:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_47bcf80f69c647589e05cf01a29ce4a9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mastermind Behind Bars: How Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. Stole Millions from Prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most inmates spend their prison sentences counting the days until release. Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. spent his plotting one of the most audacious financial frauds in American history. From a prison cell in Georgia, Cofield allegedly orchestrated a sprawling criminal enterprise that siphoned more than $11 million from wealthy victims, purchased thousands of gold coins, acquired luxury real estate, and funded a lavish lifestyle for associates on the outside—all while serving time behind bars....]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-mastermind-behind-bars-how-arthur-lee-cofield-jr-stole-millions-from-prison</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21e201513f7725cf1fbcf5</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:40:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/20e010_ccffa6cf19a04fa3949b19f73b561aae~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Christopher Todd</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE HOAX: The Collapse of the Mystery Surrounding Kim Porter's Memoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[COURTNEY BURGESS TEXTED ME in a panic on the morning of October 21, 2024, stating: “Feds came to my house and tour it up and took all my electronics including my studio equipment.” Despite the horrible grammar, I could sense the panic, and imagined him standing in his home, surrounded by the destruction. Burgess, a music producer who fancied himself a “hit-maker” with three decades of experience in the industry, spent the next several minutes describing how the FBI had confiscated the flash...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-hoax-the-collapse-of-the-mystery-surrounding-kim-porter-s-memoir</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20c9671fcfaffaf6e0a181</guid><category><![CDATA[Financial Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 01:40:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_8edf1eac04c04475916571fd7593de17~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[COWGIRLS &#38; KILOS: The Bizarre Tale of a Dukes of Hazzard-Style Dope Ring,  Cut with a Heap of Southern Insanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT WAS A MOONLESS NIGHT, three 4×4’s stopped under the cypress canopy. The vehicles’ high-beams hit the swamp and several alligators slithered off the banks into the black waters of the Florida Everglades. Jessica Marie Bell and her female co-conspirators—Aubrey Waldron, Jetta Frake, Jamie Hewitt, and Felisha Leitner—exited the vehicles. They were wearing an array of torn blue jeans, wife-beaters, and cowboy boots. Swamp Witch by Jim Stafford radiated from one of the truck’s stereos.  The...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/cowgirls-kilos-the-bizarre-tale-of-a-dukes-of-hazzard-style-dope-ring-cut-with-a-heap-of-southe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20c8da345fdf6c425236da</guid><category><![CDATA[Vice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_ba7249986061478eacccd5ffd7be1422~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEVIL EXPOSED: A Twisted Tale of Drug Trafficking, Corruption, and Murder in the City of Angels]]></title><description><![CDATA[ALL FOUR TIRES OF THE PORSCHE caught air as the vehicle shot out of the building's underground garage. The fire alarm screamed in the distance. The ice lab — located on the top floor of the Sunset Plaza condominium building — was burning. The European supercar hit the asphalt with a thud, Pierre Rausini yanked the steering wheel to the left, and fishtailed onto Sunset Boulevard. The Louis Vuitton duffel bag, containing over half a million dollars in cash, slipped off of the passenger’s seat...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/devil-exposed-a-twisted-tale-of-drug-trafficking-corruption-and-murder-in-the-city-of-angels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20c3dc1fcfaffaf6e097d4</guid><category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Violence Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_8500a1b0500c403dbe60768557724b50~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE SOURCE: The Twisted Tale of How an LA Kingpin Paid the Jalisco Price]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE SLENDER HISPANIC male, veiled in a hooded sweatshirt and dark pants with short black cropped hair, stealthily approached the large beige house—a pistol tucked in the small of his back. It was December 12, 2011, in the city of Arcadia, a wealthy suburban Los Angeles bedroom community, nestled against the San Gabriel foothills. The man slipped around the corner of the three-car-garage, to the single side-door. There he pressed his weight into the door and frame, forcing it to give. 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From behind the counter the stern woman carefully compared the data on the screen before her to Jacob Diaz’s travel documents. Her eyes bounced between the handsome baby faced young college student—a Mexican-American with the uncharacteristic features of an Anglo—returning from Acapulco and the monitor. When the agent inquired if the young man had anything to declare, Diaz...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/the-unlikely-narco-how-a-struggling-american-college-student-ended-up-a-key-operative-for-the-mexic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20c747345fdf6c4252341f</guid><category><![CDATA[Vice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_622f09a079f94b8097e5f28d09eb6246~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox &amp; Pierre Rausini</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ATONEMENT: An Interwoven Tale of Massive Scams, Murders &#38; the Redemption of a Con Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Matthew B. Cox THE AK-47 CRACKED, sending a 7.62 projectile spiraling down the assault rifle’s barrel. It briefly traveled through the air, then plunged into the attractive forty-two-year-old blonde’s chest. The round blew a dime-sized hole in her rib-cage as it spiraled through the woman’s upper-torso and tore out of her back, leaving a silver-dollar size exit wound—hours later, forensic examiners with Broward County would locate the mangled bullet lodged in the baseboard. The blonde...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/atonement-an-interwoven-tale-of-massive-scams-murders-the-redemption-of-a-con-man</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20c842f9e37e2aaa17d6d5</guid><category><![CDATA[Financial Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Violence Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_fc94631ac9294a3e945fff1b8bd9b443~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHARK IN THE HOUSING POOL: On the Run with the Secret Service's Most Wanted]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHEN I PLACED MY GARY SULLIVAN ID on the counter of the pristine Columbia, South Carolina branch of Wachovia Bank in March 2005, I appeared to be just another clean-cut businessman sporting a Rolex in Dolce &#38; Gabbana; conducting a routine bank transaction, removing some cash from one of my many accounts scattered throughout the city’s banks. In fact, I was the U.S. Secret Service’s most wanted fugitive, Matthew B. Cox, one of the most notorious, mortgage fraud con artists of all time; and I...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/shark-in-the-housing-pool-on-the-run-with-the-secret-service-s-most-wanted</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20a601b63f5fb828ecb199</guid><category><![CDATA[Financial Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:12:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_07c3c480611346718e3796afc4f8f512~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DUDE, WHERE'S MY HAND-GRENADE?: How the Real War Dog Swindled Hollywood Out of Millions]]></title><description><![CDATA[A CHUNKY EFRAIM DIVEROLI—the real life gunrunner played by Jonah Hill in the movie War Dogs—sat opposite myself, Matthew Cox, and my literary agent, Ross Reback. To be perfectly transparent, I should mention, although I’m a true crime writer, at the time I was also a federal inmate. Like Diveroli, I was sheathed in a hunter green prison issue uniform. There were approximately one hundred inmates and their guests squeezed into the rectangular room; their chattering voices echoed off the walls...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/dude-where-s-my-hand-grenade-how-the-real-war-dog-swindled-hollywood-out-of-millions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20aa25345fdf6c425200cd</guid><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 23:28:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_792b146a34584b72a05cfeed9cca4170~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BAILOUT:  The Life &#38; Lies of Marcus Schrenker]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Matthew B. Cox AT NEARLY 24,000 FEET over Alabama, Schrenker shouted "Four-two-eight-delta-charlie!" into his headset. He was cutting through the freezing January air at 300 mph in a single engine turbo-prop Piper Meridian. "Atlanta Center! This is an emergency! I'm experiencing severe turbulence and my windshield is spider cracking ... Windshield has failed!" At just shy of five miles above the Earth it was a devastating admission.   Over 200 Miles away in Peachtree City, Georgia, half a...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/bailout-the-life-lies-of-marcus-schrenker</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20ab76800e2e1c2bb5aee1</guid><category><![CDATA[Financial Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_f766619da1114da381e435f0d3776d2e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. Cox</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[BENT: How a Homeless Teen--Turned Credit Card Counterfeiter--Made Millions in the Cyber Underworld and Walked  Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[THE SLEEK CURVED BODY of the Gulf-stream G-V cut through the thin Nevada air at nearly six hundred miles per hour and 43,000 feet. Tonight, however, the glossy white private jet's typical cargo of corporate executives and Hollywood royalty had been replaced by a gifted crook and his female companion. A modern day paperhanger—and a major problem for the U.S. Secret Service's war on cybercrime. At twenty-six-years-old John Boseak was the most prolific manufacturer of counterfeit plastics in the...]]></description><link>https://www.insidetruecrime.com/post/bent-how-a-homeless-teen-turned-credit-card-counterfeiter-made-millions-in-the-cyber-underworld-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a20bb93c9d8b2a0564fcd7e</guid><category><![CDATA[Financial Crime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cybercrime]]></category><category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:41:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9027fe_3b543a47d5d642d982a235a98ada88b3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matthew B. 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