A man charged with an elaborate real estate scheme in New York City is not who he claims to be.

Initially, investigators at the Queens district attorney’s office charged him as Carl Avinger. But in March, they got a call from a man who had seen the case in the news saying he was the real Carl Avinger, and that the man they arrested had stolen his identity.

The investigation into the prisoner’s past that followed produced a lengthy list of names in a storied criminal career spanning nearly three decades, The New York Times reports.

According to court, jail, and prison records obtained by the newspaper, these are the names that prosecutors know so far: Carl E. Avinger, John Stamp, Bobby Jackson, Craig Taylor, Graig Taylor, Anthony S. Williams, Kevin C. Windley, Kevin Windleg, Corey Blake

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