Bulgarian ID Thief Gets out of US Jail, Faces Deportation

Crime | January 25, 2012, Wednesday // 10:29|  views

Doitchin Krastev (R) used Jason Evers' name to obtain a birth certificate, Social Security number, Oregon driver's license, voter registration card and passport. File photo

Doitchin Krastev, the Bulgarian man who stole the identity of a slain Ohio boy and became an Oregon liquor enforcement agent, has been released from federal prison.

The 38-year-old has been handed over to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in Bakersfield and federal authorities say they'll seek to deport him back to his native Bulgaria.

Doitchin Krastev pleaded guilty in November 2010 to passport fraud and aggravated identity theft and apologized to the family of Jason Robert Evers, who was killed at age 3 in a 1982 kidnapping attempt.

He confessed he had stolen identity of Jason Evers in 1996 and used it to get a job with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, the agency that regulates the state's sales of alcohol.

Doitchin Krastev also used Evers' name to obtain a birth certificate, Social Security number, Oregon driver's license, voter registration card and passport, according to public records and government accounts.

But the lies came back to haunt him, when federal agents ran the identifications of dead Americans against a database of new passport applications.

Agents arrested Krastev in Idaho back in the spring of 2010 after a routine check of the passport application by the US State Department's Diplomatic Security Service. The suspect however refused to tell the government his real name, citing what he described as "safety issues."

This forced federal prosecutors to call him "John Doe" in their court filings as federal agents issued bulletins with Krastev's photo to see if anyone knew his real identity.

Exactly a year ago Doitchin Krastev said in a Portland courtroom that he was sorry for taking Jason Evers' name and his date of birth. He also told his fiancee he was sorry for "turning her life upside down." Krastev thanked his family and friends for their "steadfast support."

According to his lawyer Susan Russell, Krastev hopes to begin a new life in Bulgaria with his American fianc?e.

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