I am the paraplegic woman referenced in a previous post. I cannot work because of pain and live on Social Security and long term disability alone. I have been googling Matthew periodically in order to find him. I was excited to see the posts on this web site.
Another woman he conned in Oklahoma phoned me 2 years ago and told me of his incarceration in Tennessee for fraud.
I also learned from her of his multiple cons, all women he met in internet personal ads (including me). I hired an attorney to attempt to get some restitution, and was awarded a $535,000 judgement against him in an Oklahoma court for conning me out of my life savings, credit card charges, both authorized and unauthorized, with promises of repayment.
I even have a signed and notarized Promissory Note saying he would repay $90,000 in $500 monthly installments on which he defaulted.
He repaid just enough to keep me from pressing charges for a few months.in another attempt to keep me quiet, he said he would pay my rent in lieu of the monthly payments. I didn't know he wasn't paying the rent until I got an eviction notice. I was forced to make the payments with a loan from a credit card.
I felt so stupid! That was the last straw. When I finally accepted the fact that I was being conned, I move as far away as I could.
Because of him I was forced to file bankruptcy, virtually ruining my credit. I will be making payments to the IRS on the money I took from my IRA for him for the rest of my life, and don't have money to pay an attorney to attempt to get payment on the judgment awarded.
I was not surprised to get a phone call from the Security Exchange Commission soon after I learned of his incarceration.
I really admire the woman who is publicly fighting to get the money owed to her, and hope these posts will force Matthew to stop victimizing unwary people and businesses.
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