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Mystery Man: Police have no idea who this Bay Area man is, but he’s charged with a federal crimeIdentity refusal used to jail him
Press Democrat ^ | 19 March 2026 | Nate Gartrell

Posted on 03/19/2026 10:09:19 AM PDT by rey

SAN FRANCISCO — A mystery man known as “John Doe” has been charged with identity theft and passport fraud, and refuses to give up his true identity even though it means he’ll be kept behind bars indefinitely, court records show.

Doe, whose name and age are unknown to authorities, is charged with stealing the identity of a Puerto Rican native who claimed to have lost important documents and identification papers 15 years ago, court records show. On March 10, U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Cisneros used Doe’s refusal to identify himself as the basis for determining that he is a potential flight risk and ordered him detained while the case is pending.

Despite this, Doe has held steadfast and refused to provide an identity, court records show. He’s next due in court on April 3 after his lawyer requested a short delay in the proceedings.

Doe was charged on March 6. The criminal complaint says that in 2024 he applied for a U.S. passport in San Francisco, using the identity and paperwork of a person known in court only as “Victim One.” Police contacted the alleged victim who claimed personal documents had been stolen from a Puerto Rican hospital in the early 2000s. Two of the alleged victim’s brothers were asked to pick out “your brother” from a photo lineup that also included Doe and selected Victim One, authorities say.

The passport fraud charge carries up to 10 years in federal prison, court records show.

Despite the alleged fraud, Doe has successfully duped state officials time and time again, according to the criminal complaint. It says that the state of California issued Doe a driver’s license in Victim One’s name, and that Doe was arrested “on six separate occasions” from 2010-2014 under the false alias, without it being discovered until he submitted the fake passport application.

The criminal complaint contains a DMV photo of Doe, with a Diplomatic Security Services agent adding that his “true identity is currently unknown to me.”


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1 posted on 03/19/2026 10:09:19 AM PDT by rey
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To: rey

He looks familiar.


2 posted on 03/19/2026 10:11:32 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: rey

Looks Muslim to me.


3 posted on 03/19/2026 10:16:39 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: rey

DNA test.

Illegal in California?


4 posted on 03/19/2026 10:19:01 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PAR35

Very likely and probably a known terrorist.


5 posted on 03/19/2026 10:23:23 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: rey

Some people are so used to living on the wrong side of the law, that the idea of staying locked up in jail does not phase them in the least. He may see it as easy living for a few years. A good place to hide for the time being.
Free room and board, medical treatment, meals and a clean uniform.

He’s probably content going w/o barbering service too. Content to keep growing his beard out until he looks like a Chia plant. Time to slowly downgrade the service, make it less like a vacation resort.


6 posted on 03/19/2026 10:28:23 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: PGR88
He has good teeth. Maybe track him through dental records?

(Looks like a drivers license photo)

7 posted on 03/19/2026 10:32:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Many Dominicans pretend to be Puerto Rican because they know that Puerto Rico is a US Territory. This is very prevalent in Allentown PA, with hundreds of illegal alien Dominicans living in the city.

Trump needs to send ICE to the Lehigh Valley, Reading and Hazelton PA. We are flooded with illegals. They are everywhere now.


8 posted on 03/19/2026 10:37:23 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Now that we have his DNA and fingerprints.

He well become, known by whatever the court decides.

Or is found out about him.

My guess he is illegal and comes from a country with good records.


9 posted on 03/19/2026 10:42:47 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: rey

Could be the Nancy Guthrie abductor.


10 posted on 03/19/2026 10:47:53 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: rey

$100.00 to any fellow prisoner that can reveal true name.


11 posted on 03/19/2026 11:16:17 AM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months. Is that a big deal?)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe if we sent his arms and legs, separately, to various countries, they could see if the DNA comes up with any positives.

If that doesn’t help, maybe organs could be sent to provide even better DNA.


12 posted on 03/19/2026 11:30:06 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: BenLurkin
Give him a helicopter ride....see if he will talk lie than.
13 posted on 03/19/2026 12:15:11 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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