Cox Educational charity
Names: Cox Educational charityCoxCox Education charityCox EducationalCox charity
First appears in Book 1: Pandora's Star, chapter 8 (SEVEN)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: Pandora's Star
- Ch 8Earth-based charity that gave the largest donation to Dudley's astronomy department for eleven years; it never visited, and the Dyson Pair observation was reportedly in its endowment contract.
- Ch 13This charity sponsors Bose's astronomy department; the Guardians apparently tried to hack its bank account hunting for evidence of alien funding.
- Ch 25The Cox gave Dudley Bose 1.3 million dollars over eleven years but only 70,000 total to over a hundred other institutions.
- Ch 25The Cox's funding source is hidden; its commissioners are three lawyers at a New York firm, and it shut down six months after Myo interviewed Dudley.
- Ch 25Johansson suspected the Cox was a front for the Starflyer.
- Ch 26Cox Educational's public records were amended to show continuous legitimate operation, though Mellanie and her SI know they are forgeries.
Book 2: Judas Unchained
- Ch 3Mellanie claims the Cox education charity is a fraud that funded Dudley Bose's observation, and that Baron had the records altered.
- Ch 4It funded part of Dudley Bose's original observation of the Dyson Pair.
- Ch 6The Cox was funded by one anonymous two-million-dollar donation thirty years ago and has no named founder, only three commissioners tied to a law firm.
- Ch 6Its filed accounts are false: named recipients never received money until two days after the Prime invasion, and it gave Dudley Bose over $1.3 million.
- Ch 8Cox Educational is a charity suspected of being a front for money laundering by a politically connected crime syndicate.
- Ch 8Three of its trustees vanished when Paula's team began investigating the Dudley Bose burglary.
Connections
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- created byBromley, Waterford, and Granku
- related toDudley Bose burglarycharity involved in the case
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 8Brad interviews Wendy
A man calling himself Brad questions Wendy about funding, learns of the Cox charity's role, and leaves a cryptic message for a Paula.
- Book 1 · Ch 25Mellanie learns of Myo's interview and the Cox charity
After hours of Dudley's rambling, Mellanie gets him to reveal Myo's interview and the Cox Educational charity, then asks the SI about it and finds suspicious funding.
- Book 1 · Ch 26Mellanie flees Alessandra
Mellanie deduces that Alessandra warned the Starflyer's cover-up, flees the penthouse, and heads to Dudley, intending to find Paula Myo.
- Book 2 · Ch 3Mellanie confronts Paula Myo
Mellanie visits Paula in Paris and tells her about the Starflyer, the fraudulent Cox charity and Baron. Paula is noncommittal, says she'll investigate, and asks Mellanie to come to her, not the media, with proof.
- Book 2 · Ch 8Paula tests Tarlo at the club
Paula finds Tarlo at a Paris club and asks him to check old Cox Educational accounts, citing a tip-off and Baron's possible involvement, asking secrecy. She is secretly testing his trustworthiness.