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S1003: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 1

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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0:00.0

Creative Babel.

0:10.5

Let's just jump right in. So I wanted to start with the burning questions.

0:16.2

Oh boy. I mean, is your name even Fred Brito? Is that even your real name?

0:23.9

Yep. I would born, raised Fredric Brito. No middle name.

0:28.4

Hmm, that's interesting. Throughout his criminal career, Fred Brito

0:33.3

assumed dozens of identities, all with phony names and resumes. He fooled everyone from city

0:39.3

mayors, state senators, the Red Cross, even the Catholic Church.

0:46.1

It's reported that Fred Brito faked his way through God knows how many jobs. He's worked as a

0:52.1

high profile fundraiser for a prestigious medical school, a court-appointed psychiatrist,

0:58.0

even a priest, and it was all based on lies.

1:05.7

You've had so many jobs. Have you ever counted them? How many jobs you've had?

1:11.5

I could probably say I've had more than 45 well-established positions.

1:18.6

Could you list some of the names that you've used?

1:21.7

All right, I got them here in front of me. I kept all my IDs from all these different jobs I've

1:25.8

had. I have Gomez and Maria's, which is what my name is now. Let's see, I got Fred Brito Gomez

1:33.6

as another one. Reverend Fred Esparsa, Washington Theological Union Frederick Gomez,

1:41.3

and then I was the director of Meager Gifts at Orthopaedic Hospital,

1:46.2

and it was Federico de Brito, and it spelled F-E-D-E-R-I-Q-K-O-E.

1:53.2

And believe me when I say that these are just a few of Fred Brito's pseudonyms.

1:57.8

Then I was at Loyola Law School, so my name there was Fred de Brito.

2:03.1

We don't have time to list them all.

2:05.2

Fred Brito is a self-proclaimed con man, and he doesn't shy away from his criminal record either.

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