Frank Larry Matthews, also known as “Black Caesar,” “Mark IV,” and “Pee Wee,” was an American drug dealer who operated from 1965 to 1972 in the eastern United States, he sold heroin and cocaine.

He was born on February 13, 1944, and went missing on June 26, 1973, however he had a business in 21 states and supplied narcotics dealers all over the country. Matthews is listed among the top ten drug traffickers in American history by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and it is believed that he had $20 million in savings.

Matthews enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, enjoying opulent residences, cars, and apparel, and also front-row seats to sporting events and frequent trips to Las Vegas to gamble and launder money.

In order to explore how to end the American Mafia’s grip over heroin importation, he sponsored summits in Atlanta (1971) and Las Vegas (1972) for African-American and Hispanic drug traffickers.

Matthews was detained in 1973 on suspicion of tax evasion and drug use, but he later vanished and has evaded capture ever since. In order to increase his income, Matthews went into the heroin drug trade in 1965 after growing weary of the numbers game.

Where Is Frank Matthews Now?

Matthews relocated to North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after being released. He hustled numbers there for a shady lottery, and was compelled to leave Philadelphia after his incarceration in 1963. However, he’s currently hustling while working as a barber in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.