Bad Guy Derek Corrado AKA DC Reptiles

[Rich Frye]

Derek Corrado has been caught stealing poison dart frogs on two occasions.

Two years ago he stole a pair of darts at a White Plains Show and the same day sold them to another vendor. When the original owners found the frogs on display and being sold at the same exact show it was stated that Derek Corrado sold them to the second vendor. There was also a second person with Derek Corrado , but unfortunately since police were not called the people who those frogs were stolen from can not remember the name of the second thief.

Derek Corrado was also at a dart meeting recently on the east coast where a pair of $500 frogs were stolen. It was later found to be Derek Corrado also, and we have evidence showing email IP addys and such. Unfortunately the original owner does not wish to call police...but the evidence is still damning.
Derek 'went as a go between' to get the frogs back 'from the real thief' , pertaining to the second stolen pair. He claims he got them from someone else (the REAL thief ) and was only helping get them back to the rightful owner.


Rich Frye

 

[ShadowAceD]

Proof?

 

[Eric Walker]

chris T, one of the two people that were buying/selling the frogs will be on here some time later to elaborate and show PROOF. He is also in contact with the people at black jungle that were the victem's of derek's first theft at the white plains show.

 

[Lucille]

we have evidence

If you have evidence let's see it. If you were not involved and have no evidence, and are reporting what someone else told you, perhaps the someone else whould be posting.

 

[Rich Frye]

There are several people compliling all the computer evidence for posting tonight.

Sorry if I jumped the gun. I thought it best to warn others before letting Derek Corrado into their homes.

 

[melas]

Okay so you can read the backstory (and I'm sure when Chris chimes in later he'll add to this) here: http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/general-discussion/61498-missing-blue-jeans-mads-meeting-today.html

I was not at the meeting where the frogs were stolen. I was contacted by Ray Coderre - a mod on the Dendroboard (DB) Forum because of my proximity to the admitted thief. Ray offered a deal on DB that the thief could contact him via email and would have his ID protected by Ray in an attempt to get them back.

So the thief contacted Ray and stated that he was from the Allentown, PA area. Ray knew that I was not far from there and was able to safely care for
and ship frogs of this difficulty. Below is the email conversation between the thief, whose alias was J. Karpinski, Ray, and myself. Note that the email address for "J Karpinski" changes after the first email as the guy must have just made the account and lost the credentials.

**I have redacted Ray's and my contact information as well as my exact location. **

Email's below should be in order - top to bottom in ascending date order

From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 1:44 AM
To: matt allen
Subject: BJ's

I am suppost to contact you to work out some type of arrangement to return some frogs. i believe your town is a ways away from my area.



From: Matt Allen
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: BJ's

Yes - thanks for contacting me! I live in the Carlisle area but I work in downtown Harrisburg. If you are able to meet me between 7am and 4pm at my building you wouldn't even have to get out of the car. Ray said you were in the Allentown area - that's about an hour and 20 minutes from Harrisburg. Let me know when/how you want to handle this.

Also - I was supposed to check with you on two things for Chris:
• Chris said if you want to keep them you could give me or Ray $450 cash and we'll get it to him.
• Are you willing to help with shipping costs? I will be shipping them back to Chris and it will probably run in the neighborhood of $60
Feel free to call or email. Whatever you are most comfortable with. Thanks!

Matt Allen



From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:20 PM
To: Ray Coderre
Subject: BJ's

Hello Raymond,

Sorry i have to email you again for some reason i can not get into my email so i had to make a new one. i made one just for frogs so i didnt have to give out my work email. may i have melas email again or have him email me here i would like to get these frogs off my hands safely so the sooner the better for me. if he isnt close by to me i would gladly ship them to him it shouldn't cost much within the state and the risk wouldnt be to high but i am willing to drive within a reasonable distance. i know i dont have much since i took them but i am trying to get them back. and thank you for killing it on DB

-J



From: Ray Coderre
To: J Karpinski
Cc: Matt Allen
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: BJ's

His work is a little over an hour away, should not be an issue to drop them off. He is cc’d on this email.



From: Matt Allen
To: [email protected]
CC: Ray Coderre
Subject: Re: BJ's
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:45:11 -0500
J - here's the message I sent you yesterday. Feel free to call if that works better!

Yes - thanks for contacting me! I live in the Carlisle area but I work in downtown Harrisburg. If you are able to meet me between 7am and 4pm at my building you wouldn't even have to get out of the car. Ray said you were in the Allentown area - that's about an hour and 20 minutes from Harrisburg. Let me know when/how you want to handle this.

Also - I was supposed to check with you on two things for Chris:
• Chris said if you want to keep them you could give me or Ray $450 cash and we'll get it to him.
• Are you willing to help with shipping costs? I will be shipping them back to Chris and it will probably run in the neighborhood of $60
Feel free to call or email. Whatever you are most comfortable with. Thanks!

Matt Allen



From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:54 PM
To: Matt Allen
Subject: RE: BJ's

Hello Mathew,

is your home or work closer to allentown? i would of shipped them to chris my self but Raymond felt that it would be best if you guys did it since i have never done it before. I am all for getting these frogs back to chris and i will help anyway that you need me too. purchasing the isn't a option for me at the moment its a bit out of my price range with the economy being the way it is. I just feel horrible about this and want to get them back to him as soon as possible. things are just ruff because my wife and i share the vehical. but we will work this out and get this done. im super sorry for this.
i most likely wont call ill just drop them off whenever i can, of course with you knowing. i wish there was someone closer.



Subject: Re: BJ's
From: Matt Allen
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:45:24 -0500
To: [email protected]
Work is much closer. Here's the address:

[Redacted]
Harrisburg, PA 17120

You'll have to get there between 7am and 4pm. It has to be next week as I'm off from the 24th through to the new year.


Matt Allen



From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 1:06 AM
To: Matt Allen
Subject: RE: BJ's

thats ruff because i also work during the week. so worst case what i will do is i will mail it from my home to your job it will get there same day. i can drop them off in the morning and you should have it by afternoon no?and inside of the box i will leave cash. how does this sound?



From: Matt Allen
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: BJ's
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:58:02 -0500
If you wanted to meet over the weekend you can meet me at the Newville Exit (#37) on I-81 tomorrow (Sunday) evening.



From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 1:44 AM
To: Matt Allen
Subject: RE: BJ's

hello Mathew and i completely understand you are simply doing this out of the kindness of your own heart to help a fellow frogger out and to help fix my mistake which is why i feel bad enough. i didnt want you to come further to pick them up, what i ment was i wasn't sure if i would have off time during the week to drop them off. and being very close to christmass my wife and i are leaving Thur night to spend the weekend at my in laws in NY. i tried to put in for a day off so i can just come one day and drop the frogs off and maybe get some work done in the yard but they turned it down being that its so close to x mass. i will try my best to make this as easy for you as possible.
I am unable to come sunday my wife works weekends so she has the car and i work mon to fri. the options i see at the moment is maybe i can put in for a day off after x mass but befor new years or is there someone i can hand deliever them to in jersey or ny because that is where i will be this up comming weekend. i can get the exact address i will be driving 78 all the way down through nj and into ny and parking our car in a parking for the weekend. so i will be more then happy to box them up and drop them off on the drive up.

maybe this will be easier. i can literally drive to someones home and just hand them off or leave them in their mail box and just call them and tell them its there ect...

-J



From: Matt Allen
To: [email protected]
CC: Ray Coderre
Subject: RE: BJ's
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:39:20 -0500
Hey I forwarded your message on to Ray to see if he knew anyone up that way that could meet you. He seems pretty upset that you haven’t arranged a transfer yet. He told me to let you know that you need to arrange something today or he’s going to “out” you. His words not mine – let me know what you want to do. You would be welcome to meet me along I-81 at the Newville exit any night this week after work. It’s probably more like 2 hours from your house but it sounds like that may be your only option at this point (with me). Sorry!

Here’s a link to the exit if you want to figure driving times etc. There is a parking ramp at the bottom of the Southbound lane that I can meet you in. I get home around 5pm so anytime after then will work.

Matt Allen



From: Ray Coderre
To: <[email protected]>; Matt Allen
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: BJ's

J, this is getting ridiculous. You have to deal with this asap. I
honestly dont care how difficult it is to arrange your schedule. You
messed up and I gave you an out and it appears that you are
dithering. Do whatever you have to do but if Matt doesnt have the
frogs this week (without any further inconv to him) then the deal is
off and you can deal with the subsequent consequences.



Subject: RE: BJ's
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:03:42 -0500
From: Ray Coderre
To: [email protected]

J, please confirm that you received my message and plan to sort this thing out. I will be in NJ and can meet you
if necessary later this week, however, my preference would be to have Matt take the frogs. Either way, for all
parties involved, we just need to resolve this situation and move on. The community is tearing itself apart over
this and it is really getting nasty.

If meeting is proving too difficult, then just send the cost of the frogs to me and I will get it to Chris. He has
said that he is willing to take cash in place of the frogs.



From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 5:21 PM
To: Ray Coderre
Subject: RE: BJ's



Hello raymond. i am confirming that i did recieve your message before i just loged in now. i am not delaying this i just
happen to be busyw ith the holiday season. i told Mathew that i am more then happy to bring the frogs to his job the first
day they allow me to have off from work. i am not going to lose my job to drop off some frogs. i live about 45 mins from the
jersey boarder into p.a. i told mathew i am traveling into new york city on x mass eve and can bring the frogs with me. otherwise
i can just drop them off on my first day off which i was hoping to be right after x mass or right after new years i do NOT want
to hold on to these frogs and continue to be responsible for them. i understand the kid will take the money for the frogs but i
honestly dont have it to give him hence why i would like to get them off my hands as soon as possible. i am truely sorry this is
getting nasty in the community. I promise i will get them to you.

-J



Subject: RE: BJ's
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:28:04 -0500
From: Ray Coderre
To: [email protected]
CC: Matt Allen

Derek,

Drop the act, we know it is you based on your IP address for this account and your DB account.

We have two options. You can either meet me at one of the north jersey parkway stops on Fri afternoon
or you can arrange with Julio or Mike K to give the frogs back. Let me know your preference.


Ray



From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 12:43 PM
To: Ray Coderre
Subject: RE: BJ's

Derek? Wow you guys are wrong but if you guys are so sure. Then that's fine. I was trying to give back the
frogs but if you guys already know. who took them you guys should move foward with it.

Sincerely,
You tell me


From: Ray Coderre
To: J Karpinski <mailto:[email protected]>
Cc: Matt Allen
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 12:45 PM
Subject: RE: BJ's

I honestly don't care who you are. As I've said, despite the firm evidence we have, we just want to see the frogs
returned. However, we are not any closer now than we were last week...are you still planning on returning the frogs?



Subject: RE: BJ's
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:39:38 -0500
From: Ray Coderre
To: [email protected]
CC: Matt Allen

J, so what is it going to be….are you still going to return the frogs? I will be in NJ on Friday and can meet on the GSP?
Please let me know so we can end this.



From: J Karpinski [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:09 PM
To: Ray Coderre
Subject: RE: BJ's



I've been trying to return them despite how funny it is to watch you and your friends point fingers at one person after another and cause mass confusion.

Sincerely
(Your Name Here),


Subject: RE: BJ's
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:35:07 -0500
From: Ray Coderre
To: [email protected]
CC: Matt Allen

J,

I need to know, by this evening, whether you plan to meet me or someone else this weekend to deliver the frogs.
Firms plans need to be made by tonight or I’m refraining from further correspondence and involvement in this process.

Let me know

Ray



From: "J Karpinski" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Dec 22, 2010 10:21 am
Subject: BJ's
To: "Ray Coderre"

Do you have a reading comprehension problem I been telling you in every email YES I wanna return them

Sincerely,
Uncatchable



From: Ray Coderre
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: BJ's


If that truly is the case then id contact julio directly as im done dealing with this matter.

Below is a screen shot of the email headers from one of the emails from "J Karpinski". I have highlighted the IP address the email was sent from. In the image below is a screen shot of the DB control panel showing an IP search from the same time. You can see that DCreptiles and his girlfriend (soon to be wife) alluringeli are the only one's using that IP on the forum. There are over 4 BILLION possible IP address combinations. Also - after doing a DNS lookup on the IP address it was found that it was coming out of Hoboken, NJ.

http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/69.115.192.33

This just happens to be the current city that Derek Corrado is living in - I have been in his home.

Also - circumstantially the term "ruff" ie: rough is used several times in the emails from "J Karpinski". Upon doing a search of DB, DCreptiles is also found to use that same term. Also the horrible grammar, improper use of words, etc are similar to both individuals.
http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/general-discussion/36860-who-names-their-frogs.html#post328640

In the meantime the frogs have been returned - by Derek Corrado - who claims that the real thief delivered them to him and then he just passed them on to another party who passed them on to the rightful owner.

My post is just to provide a neutral, technical source of evidence. Prior to this event I actually considered Derek a friend. I feel that the evidence is iron-clad and that he has yet to sufficiently provide evidence to the contrary. I had nothing to gain by participating in this and was only doing it for the goodwill of the community. When it was obvious we were not getting cooperation from the thief we did some digging and we found what is laid before you above.

This post does not serve to paint a full picture of the story - Chris will post later with the details not included in this post. This post simply establishes that "J Karpinski" and Derrek Corrado (DCreptiles) are the same person and to provide written admission of guilt by "J Karpinski". I can provide full email headers etc if it becomes necessary. I've already spent several hours putting all of this together so I hope it is sufficient.

 

[stemcellular]

I can confirm the above with regard to Matt's input.

 

[SirenSanJose]

Is there also a thread (or link or article or whatever) about the White Plains show theft mentioned in the first post?

 

[frogface]

The person whose frogs were stolen indicates that he will post once his registration is approved.

There are posts from Black Jungle in the thread linked above. They also discuss it here: http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/lounge/34785-600-dart-frog-theft-white-plains.html

Note that the 'thief' was identified by photos that he posted himself on the DB website. Once this latest theft came to light, and, people brought up the White Plains theft again, those photos were deleted.

 

[frogface]

Sorry, should have added that user name 'dartfrogs' is Black Jungle on Dendroboard. Hopefully they will come by here too.

 

[Julio]

This issue dragged on for a long time before we got the frogs back which finally happened this past weekend. He admitted to having the frogs for a week since he picked them up from "the guy" loves to refer to himself as a third party. He refused to communicate directly with me however and just kept doing through someone else. He woudl not return any of Chris' phone calls or emails so it got to the point where i was basically threatening to kick his ass before the frogs were dropped off.
He is so full of himself and stills denies and denies after all the evidence that points to him and the several screen names he created on numerous forums that still point to him as he tries to hide himself and just keeps digging his own grave.

 

[hhmoore]

I'm seeing a bunch of anonymous emails (J Karpinski isn't quite an identification), and no evidence of connection.
Yes, an IP match is shown between two accounts, but the names attached to those accounts are not shown; so there is no way for us to know that they are the people you say they are. There is a link...but a story being told on a forum which doesn't require full names isn't acceptable here, where they are (refer to http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146268)

 

[rcteem]

Hello everyone...My name is Chris Teem and I am the guy that the frogs were stolen from. Here is the story and i do apologize I have not been able to post yet. I purchased these frogs from a fellow frogger at a local meet and put the frogs with my personal belongings at the meet. When I got ready to leave i realized that the frogs were not there. I posted on our fourms dendroboard.com and dartfrogz.com about the missing frogs. I worked witht he mods of both forums and was going to give the person that took them a chance to return them and label it as an accidental grab and hold no hard feeling. Later we found out it was Derek by the fact of the matching IP Address he was using on a fake email address and his real one.

After digging into this person more I have discovered that this was not his first theft accourding to several members of the forums and Black Jungle Terraium Supply. I had given up on ever seeing the frogs when Derek contacted me and asked if I would be happy to get my frogs back. Of course I said yes and gave him all the info I had. Derek spent two- three weeks "trying" to get the frogs back. I never heard a single peep from him and tried calling him several times but with no return phone call. What pissed me off even more with Derek was the very poor communication if he was really tring to help and having to hear via third person that he had recieved the frogs and had them for a week before getting them to my good friend to keep for me.

I have asked several times via over the phone, pms, and on the open forum to prove that it wasnt him and still waiting!!! If dealing with this person be very cautious as Im not the only one he has done this to!!!

I

 

[hhmoore]

Seems this thread has brought a number of new members - please review the rules for posting on the BOI...being new does not excuse you from the our rules.

 

[Dendro Dave]

I'm seeing a bunch of anonymous emails (J Karpinski isn't quite an identification), and no evidence of connection.
Yes, an IP match is shown between two accounts, but the names attached to those accounts are not shown; so there is no way for us to know that they are the people you say they are. There is a link...but a story being told on a forum which doesn't require full names isn't acceptable here, where they are (refer to http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146268)

The IP's match in the screen captures posted by melas. It clearly shows a correlation between the IP of "J Karpinski" and IP of "DCreptiles" screen name on Dendroboard which Derek has been posting under and has not hid the fact that he is Dcreptiles. Is not Derek admitting he is DCretpiles and the correlation of the IP associated with that account and the email account of "j karpinski" not clear evidence of connection? Seems like it to me.

 

[hhmoore]

The IP's match in the screen captures posted by melas. It clearly shows a correlation between the IP of "J Karpinski" and IP of "DCreptiles" screen name on Dendroboard which Derek has been posting under and has not hid the fact that he is Dcreptiles. Is not Derek admitting he is DCretpiles and the correlation of the IP associated with that account and the email account of "j karpinski" not clear evidence of connection? Seems like it to me.

The IP match is shown...what isn't shown is a relationship between that other account and "J Karpinski". Sorry, but nothing posted on Dendroboard is admissible on the BOI, because of the full name requirement on this site...for that reason, I didn't bother looking at the linked thread. What has been posted HERE doesn't show the connection.

 

[Dendro Dave]

The IP match is shown...what isn't shown is a relationship between that other account and "J Karpinski". Sorry, but nothing posted on Dendroboard is admissible on the BOI, because of the full name requirement on this site...for that reason, I didn't bother looking at the linked thread. What has been posted HERE doesn't show the connection.

The 2 accounts both have the same IP showing that they originate from the same computer, and Derek Corrado himself at least in person has admitted to being dcreptiles to people if not online. Some of the people involved in this can visually identify him and testify to the fact he claims to be Derek Corrado and Dcreptiles. I don't understand how that is not enough of a "relationship" between the 2 accounts.

 

[frogface]

I understand the issue of not using real names. The DB does not have a BOI type area so does not require it. Many of us wish they did.

However, many of the posters in the linked threads use their real names as their screen names and/or have it in their signature. DCreptiles, known as Derek Corrado, has his name in his signature (although it may be removed now that it's been pointed out).

Also, these guys are familiar with each other in real life. While DB is a fairly large and active board, it is also a small community, broken up into even smaller communities. These guys belong to the Mid Atlantic group and they have been getting together for meets and parties for years. They know each other and what each other's screen names are, even if the actual name is not posted.

I can vouch for some of their identities, as their names show on my caller ID when we converse by phone.

I know this doesn't meet the standarts of BOI, and, we've been trying to figure out how to get this issue out here while fitting into your requirements.

 

[hhmoore]

Slow down, and read more carefully. I'm not disputing Derek Corrado being DCreptiles. Nor am I disputing the IP match with alluringeli.....all I have said is
1) that the emails posted from "J Karpinski" are basically anonymous third party quotes, because there is never a first name referenced;
2) that there is no connection shown here between the alluringeli account and J Karpinski; and
3) that there is no connection shown here that Derek Corrado is using J Karpinski as an alias.

 

[melas]

To be fair there really hasn't been enough posted yet to paint a full picture of the events as they unfolded. I had hoped the victims would have posted more - I hear that my be forth coming. In the meantime please accept my account as someone thrust into the very middle of this by just trying to help get the frogs back safely.

Facts:

• The Mid-Atlantic Dendrobatid Society hosted an event at one of our members' house in Frederick, MD. There is a finite guess list of approximately 30 people attending the event that day.
• Shortly after Derek Corrado left the event a pair of "Blue Jeans" phase O. pumilio frogs were found to be missing - this was noted because of accusations surrounding his involvement in a previous theft from Black Jungle at the White Plains show
• An attempt was made across multiple forum sites to get the frogs returned in the event of someone accidentally grabbing them
• This did not provide any leads so it was determined that they were stolen
• An offer was made by Ray (stemcellular) to the board membership that if the thief contacted him he would help to get the frogs returned anonymously
• An email was received by Ray almost immediately from "J Karpinski"
• I was contacted to help with the exchange as a neutral third-party
• The posted email exchange ensued
• The ip's were checked and verified that the emails of "J Karpinski" (an alias) were sent from the same ISP account as the postings of Derrek Corrado (DCReptiles) and his fiance (alluringeli). I have personally met both of them and had both of them claim the screen names mentioned above - so this is 1st hand information. I have also been to their house and can confirm that they live in the same apartment in Hoboken, NJ - thus explaining why they have the same IP address
• J Karpinski admitted to living in the Allentown, PA area while a geocoding of his IP address puts the communication coming out of Hoboken, NJ - the same city that Derek currently resides
• Once it was determined that the emails from "J Karpinski" were coming from the same ISP Hosting account as Derek Corrado's communications we decided to confront both. After this the IP's for both "individuals" changed.
• Here is a post where DCReptiles admits to being Derek Corrado in reference to a sale - http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/frog-classifieds/50438-vent-froglets-sale.html - this is no more anonymous than anything on this site as you have no way of verifying full names either
• Derek Corrado hand delivered the frogs (unique markings assure they are the same as the one's stolen) to another MADS member who then delivered them to Julio (the individual selling them to the victim - Chris). The frogs are now undergoing a fecal examination before being delivered by the original seller (Julio) to the original buyer (Chris).
• Long story short - frogs were stolen from the meeting - Derek ended up with them and admits that. How he got them is what is disputed by the email trail

In response to your points:

1) Yes there is no first name given other than "J" - he refers to himself as "J" several times. This communication was between me and the person claiming to have stolen the frogs - that is acknowledged in several of the emails. We have proven that this person is Derek Corrado as they are using the same IP as Derek and Derek was placed by many people at the scene of the crime and within the window of opportunity. This is a 1st hand communication I had with the guy - no different than a phone call. It's obviously a fictitious alias as the moron forgot his password to his brand new email account after the first email and had to contact us via a new one. Are you suggesting that the ip address match does not confirm what was stated above and that this does not establish the true identity of the sender? This was a desperate attempt by someone who was essentially caught trying to find an anonymous way out. I have the raw emails if you need to have them sent to you . . . I do not know of a better way to display this information . . .

2) J Karpinski is Derek's alias and Derek lives with alluringeli - hence the IP match.

3) The connection is that Derek has admitted in this post (not anonymously) that he is DCReptiles and we know that DCReptiles and J Karpinski were using the same IP address at the same time. - http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/frog-classifieds/50438-vent-froglets-sale.html

If my responses to your points are not enough can you please describe exactly what it is that you need to fulfill these requests?