Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
Master Thief Known as 'Golden Eye' | Real-Life Bank Heist Genius
Fri, 07 Feb 2025
In this riveting interview, Scott Martinez--the infamous "Golden Eye" bandit--describes how he pulled off the bank robberies and reveals what let to his eventual capture by the FBI. News Coverage of the "Golden Eye" Bank Robberies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQdx0hfF_KE Book a Call With Dan Wise https://calendly.com/federalprisontime/matt-cox Follow me on all socials! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidetruecrime/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattcoxtruecrime Do you want to be a guest? Fill out the form https://forms.gle/5H7FnhvMHKtUnq7k7 Send me an email here: [email protected] Do you want a custom "con man" painting to shown up at your doorstep every month? Subscribe to my Patreon: https: //www.patreon.com/insidetruecrime Do you want a custom painting done by me? Check out my Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/coxpopart Listen to my True Crime Podcasts anywhere: https://anchor.fm/mattcox Check out my true crime books! Shark in the Housing Pool: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0851KBYCF Bent: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BV4GC7TM It's Insanity: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KFYXKK8 Devil Exposed: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TH1WT5G Devil Exposed (The Abridgment): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1070682438 The Program: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0858W4G3K Bailout: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bailout-matthew-cox/1142275402 Dude, Where's My Hand-Grenade?: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXNFHBDF/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678623676&sr=1-1 Checkout my disturbingly twisted satiric novel! Stranger Danger: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BSWQP3WX If you would like to support me directly, I accept donations here: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/MattCox69 Cashapp: $coxcon69
Chapter 1: Who is Scott Martinez, the 'Golden Eye'?
Sie sind immer draußen, haben eine gute Zeit, in den Bars, mit den Mädchen. Also werde ich in die Navy eingeladen. Und ich gehe nach dem Rekruter und spreche mit ihm. Und er macht ein paar Dinge und er ist so, well, Mr. Martinez, sorry, aber wir können nicht... We can't take you, you have all these charges. I'm like, oh shit, I go, but I was a juvenile.
He goes, it doesn't matter, it's pulling up in the system. So we called the public defender who had represented me and he's now in private practice at this time. And so we get a court date and go in front of the judge. I tell him what I'm trying to do. And good old Judge Dorn, he goes, you know, Miss Martinez, I think this is a good thing for you. You want to serve your country? Slams it down.
He says, all those charges are dismissed. Ich habe mich komplett verabschiedet, als hätte ich niemals verurteilt worden. Schön. Ja, er hat mich so stark geholfen. Und wir gehen zurück zum Rekruter. Und ich bin da und er sagt, bist du gerade hier? Er sagt, ich kann dich nicht nehmen. Ich kann dich nicht nehmen. Ich sage, schau es dir an. Und er puncht mich ein und sagt, willkommen, Mr. Martinez.
Willkommen. Willkommen. Also ich nehme das Ad, und ich habe ein ziemlich hohes Eindruck daran. Und es ist der Test für den Militär. Was ich tun konnte, war nukleareisen. Danke Gott. Aber sie wollten mich. Ich habe mich eingeladen, ein kryptologischer Techniker zu sein. Mit der höchsten Klarheit, die man je bekommen kann. Ich werde die Geheimmessungen dekoden. Ich werde die Maschinen arbeiten.
Und sitze in einem kleinen Raum mit zwei anderen Leuten. In einem NSA-Bilding. Ich bin der Schlimmste. Der Schlimmste, den du je gefunden hast. Ich bin in meinem... Ich bin in der Navy gegangen. Und... Bootcamp war sehr schrecklich, ich hatte einige schlechte Erfahrungen in der Navy, aber ich gehe da und sie interviewen mich, um in diese CT-Schule zu gehen.
Und mein Hochschul-Diplomat sagt, ich habe von der Los Angeles-Departement der Probation ausgebildet. Also, du weißt, ich war so, warum hast du von dort ausgebildet? Ich bin ein paar Mal weggegangen. Also, das ist nie passiert. Also, ich habe von anderen Dingen in der Navy gemacht und einfach Drinken mein ganzer Weg durch und ich ging von E1 zu E2 zu E3 zu E2 zu E3 zu E2, E3, E4. Ja, ja.
Und in etwa fünf Jahren noch.
Sind das für Anzeichen oder für das Buch zu schreiben?
Ja, ja. Nicht kriminelle Anzeichen. Nein, ich bin zweimal zur Captain's Mass gegangen. Also ich war in Plattsburgh, New York. Und wir gehen rum und ich finde diese Geldanzeige auf dem Boden für 100 Dollar. Der Geschäftsführer der gesamten Basis dort in Plattsburgh, New York, seine Frau hat es verlassen.
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Chapter 2: What led to Scott's first bank robbery?
Nach 13 Jahren, ja.
For sure. Yeah, there's no money, so you know, but the problem, like you said, the problem is the halfway house, it's so overly intrusive, it's just much, much worse, it's a much worse place than the prison. Yeah.
And where I was in El Paso, they had Everybody sticks with their own race. You know how that is. And then the ones that aren't allowed to sit at anybody's table, they all stick together. But the people I came across in El Paso, many of them are, and they get funded by the federal prison system to keep taking hormones to complete their transition.
And so, because they're in that transition phase, any kind of Any kind of violence against them is a hate crime, a federal hate crime. And so they're almost a protected class there in El Paso. And like just everything blew me away. Anywhere, anywhere in the federal system. Yeah. And I'm not saying there's wrong with people taking hormones or anything like that. I'm just saying like it just...
It wasn't what I thought, you know, like I thought like, man, you know, because they're just walking around and, you know, everybody's got their hustle, so like you could sell to them, but you couldn't buy from them, you know, and what was your hustle?
I mean, mine, I taught the real estate class, you know, and I wrote stories for people, but, you know, nobody, it's not like anybody paid me for the story, but spent my time writing stories, I spent my time
doing the real estate class and then you know people would send me money you know from the on the street a little bit yeah a little bit there uh for the most part but that's it like like that's it like i i didn't but i didn't really go to can i mean i really go to the commissary like i would get coffee and creamer to get coffee and creamer you know i'm sorry for coffee but i also taught the real estate class so people would
If they wanted a certificate, if they didn't want to go to the class, then I said, great, give me like coffee and two creamers. So I always had a ton of coffee and creamer. Worst case scenario is my mom would send me money. But I also like I option a couple of guys life rights to their stories. So that I also got a couple of book deals. So that also paid me. You know, I got some advances.
So I had a little bit, little chunks of money. Let's face it, you get a check for $3,500 in prison. You're going to be okay for a while. Yeah, yeah.
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