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A group of people seeking employment in suburban St. Louis received rejection letters in 2018 from a testosterone clinic because their “ghetto names.” The owner claims that an ex-employee was responsible. However, now it turns out the individual responsible has pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft for his role in perpetuating the hoax.

The owner of the clinic in Chesterfield, Mo., said a former employee used the Indeed.com profile of the business to send out the racist messages. The details provided by the owner have been confirmed in court as Cristopher Crivolio, 47, entered his plea.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release Crivolio admitted to “unauthorized emails purporting to be from an employee of Mantality Health without the knowledge of the company.”

St. Louis newsweekly Riverfront Times reports the messages that were sent to applicants in August of 2018. Many of those who were in receipt were Black women. One women who received the message Dorneshia Zachery which was initially assumed to be from the clinic told KMOV they “looked at my name and said we don’t care about what you’ve done in life.”

Zachery filed a lawsuit against Mantality Health because of the response to her application. However, now that the Crivolio’s hoax has been discovered, the status of that litigation is unclear. Another woman who received the message Harmeisha Robinson, was an applicant for a customer service position. Robinson shared an image of the response email on her Facebook page.

“At no point in time had the employee, or anyone at Mantality Health, authorized Crivolio to use the employee’s identity or to send the communications purporting to be on behalf of Mantality Health,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office press release says.

Crivolio now faces five years in prison and a fine of $250,000. He is set for sentencing on November 7.

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