Check Out The True Identities of These Credit Card Identity Thieves

22 October, 2010

In many ways, the identity thief is the most insidious type of modern-day criminal. It’s an ego boost to realize that somebody actually wants to be you, until they rack up credit card debt and buy an adult bookstore in your name.

For those who have been victimized by identity theft, the most helpless feeling is not knowing who these bastards are. That’s all about to change, with the true-life identities (including pictures!) of a few of these notorious credit card identity thieves.

The Church Robber

Troy Degrote
Lakewood, CO
DOB: 5/12/1973
Top Count: Identity Theft

Meet Troy Degrote. He’s 37, a Taurus, and likes to play Zynga Poker. He and his friends also like to hang around church parking lots around the Denver area, and steal people’s credit cards or checkbooks. In fact, he’s so committed to this hobby that there is a 101-count indictment accusing him of racketeering, identity theft and unauthorized use of credit cards.

You can learn more about Troy and his religious misdeeds by checking out his MySpace page. That’s how we learned so much about him. Heck, you might even want to friend him for being a total idiot.

The Staten Island Nigerians

You probably thought that Nigerians were only sending you emails from Nigeria, right? Wrong. The fraud-tastic group loosely known as “BRO” based in Staten Island, New York scammed helpless old ladies and soldiers based out of Fort Hood, Texas. So, next time you look at your spam folder, remember that your identity can be thieved by faces just like these right here in America.

I would especially watch out for Okoronkwo Okechukwu, known as “O-Town” at the bottom. He clearly is lacking a thinker in his brain-box.

Kazeem Badru – (on the left)
220 Osgood Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10304
DOB: 3/16/1972
Top Count: Enterprise Corruption (PL 460.20)

Ganiu Rilwan (center)
240 Park Hill Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10304
DOB: 5/22/1964
Top Count: Enterprise Corruption (PL460.20)

Okoronkwo Okechukwu a/k/a Ikeena a/k/a Obinna Okoronkwo a/k/a “OT” a/k/a “O-Town”
30 Parkview Loop
Staten Island, NY10314
DOB: 1/16/1978
Top Count: Enterprise Corruption (PL460.20)

The Bombshell

Jocelyn Kirsch
Novarto, CA
DOB: 1985
Top Count: Identity Theft

Jocelyn Kirsch seemed like a normal coed at Drexel University in Philadelphia. But when she wasn’t studying, she was stealing the identities of her friends and neighbors. It’s one thing to wreck the life of someone you don’t know, but even worse when you’re doing it to people you talk to on a regular basis, and even call friends. That’s scary stuff.

What’s not scary, and is somewhat awesome, is that this woman, Jocelyn Kirsch, was sentenced to five years in prison. Someone has even set up her own Facebook Fan Page called Jocelyn Kirsch is Scandalous. That’s going to make it hard for Kirsch to have her own legitimate Facebook profile, since she has been outed about her identity social media-style. Nice work.

The Bombshell’s Boyfriend

Edward K. Anderton
Everett, WA
DOB: 1982
Top Count: Identity Theft

Criminals rarely act alone; it’s called groupthink. Jocelyn Kirsch’s boyfriend, Edward Anderton, was probably the mastermind of their operation, plotting to steal the identities of people that the couple knew.

Then together they used that money for responsible purchases, like lingerie, trips to Paris, and a $3,000/mo apartment.

Anderton was an honor student at the University of Pennsylvania, and is now spending four years in prison for stealing money from unsuspecting people in a very unsuspecting way.

He even said during his trial the whole thing was his fault alone.

Hot and Stupid

Anderton and Kirsch make a really hot couple, right?

Though the media has named the pair “a modern-day Bonnie & Clyde,” they were caught at a UPS store in Philly, not shot to death in Louisiana.

Dumber than a bag of hammers.

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