icon
Subscribe
icon
Horror Effect Image
41

The GPO Girl

Samantha Azzopardi / Guerdwich Montimere

go back
41: The GPO Girl

Australia’s “most notorious con-woman” adopts multiple aliases to commit crimes around the world.

Prelude: Jerry Joseph leaves Haiti to become a high school basketball star in a small, west Texas town.

OTHER WAYS TO LISTEN:

Audio Cloud Icon Audio Cloud Icon Audio Cloud Icon Audio Cloud Icon
Logo
Spotify
Logo
Apple
Logo
Castbox
Logo
Google
Logo
Youtube
Text
Circle

Music performed by Deformr

Sources

Hide
  1. https://www.6pr.com.au/podcast/serial-conwoman-targets-former-perth-wildcat/
  2. https://www.9news.com.au/national/fake-au-pair-charged-with-child-stealing/eeb363ac-814b-4200-864b-7759539f036c
  3. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/family-confronts-woman-believed-to-be-samantha-azzopardi/video/df1e51142244a418c78eae4f0331f3bc
  4. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/mystery-aussie-refused-to-eat/news-story/9012b2eed0505601038f8d92bf0ebf5c
  5. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/lost-girl-samantha-azzopardi-is-australian-con-artist-gardai-consider-timewasting-charge-after-id-search-cost-200000-29733952.html
  6. http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/australian+woman+centre+false+trafficking+claims+ireland+arrested+calgary/10267012/story.html
  7. https://calgaryherald.com/news/national/sex-victim-con-artist-deported-after-police-spend-150000-investigating-false-claims
  8. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2488310/Mystery-girl-Dublin-street-identified-Australian-student-Samantha-Azzopardi.html
  9. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7274919/12-year-old-girl-latest-victim-Sydney-artist-Samantha-Azzopardi.html
  10. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/samantha-azzopardi-returns-to-australia-and-is-in-the-care-of-her-family/news-story/9cd45684812262741a4a3070da9d21fa
  11. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/08/samantha-azzopardi-found-dublin-returns-australia
  12. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/aussie-con-artist-samantha-azzopardi-to-be-deported-from-canada/news-story/5b4908320367e7777ca0755be218280b
  13. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/woman-found-on-irish-street-identified-as-25yearold-australian-samantha-azzopardi/news-story/dec73bf1a087b8137d30aacffb02aaf4
  14. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/woman-accused-of-forging-documents-to-become-au-pair-found-with-two-young-girls/news-story/5cc41ef6a88ddfd2df3450a71eee308f
  15. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/cctv-of-alleged-conwoman-dressed-as-a-schoolgirl-emerges/news-story/37f8c0dcaa1ee85b16de5511a94e104c
  16. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/australian-con-artist-samantha-azzopardis-lies-revealed/news-story/2b68e45086dac2fdbecb0ad227e39cd9
  17. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/samantha-azzopardi-returns-to-australia-and-is-in-the-care-of-her-family/news-story/9cd45684812262741a4a3070da9d21fa
  18. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/notorious-au-pair-samantha-azzopardi-forced-to-handover-dna-sample/news-story/26d41222b17f7fe7dc9a314c3105e46a
  19. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/samantha-azzopardi-charged-after-allegedly-using-forged-au-pair-documents-stealing-children/news-story/5de0b9248a97d91ac8ebdd70a0a224a9
  20. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/international-conwoman-samantha-azzopardi-strikes-again/news-story/0a74fb5a6bfca2b0e1fd86d5adf7b008
  21. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/the-international-fantasist-scamming-melbourne-families/news-story/ac8f62b085871bb950b87790a11922c9
  22. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/woman-accused-of-forging-documents-to-become-au-pair-found-with-two-young-girls/news-story/5cc41ef6a88ddfd2df3450a71eee308f
  23. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/international-scammers-logies-claim-revealed/news-story/58f331a945c7e2df1641a715b0a15b35
  24. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nsw-conwoman-who-posed-as-victim-of-child-sex-trafficking-will-stay-in-jail/news-story/4100fe64f42797b35deb658122aed629
  25. https://www.her.ie/life/australian-girl-found-in-dublin-named-as-con-artist-samantha-azzopardi-72616
  26. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/06/samantha-azzopardi-gpo-girl_n_5942264.html
  27. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/samantha-azzopardi-25-has-conviction-for-deception-29732135.html
  28. https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/serial-fraudster-claims-to-be-abused-girl-452179.html
  29. https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/age-22-gpo-girl-posed-2688213
  30. http://www.thejournal.ie/samantha-azzopardi-australia-court-3678458-Nov2017/
  31. http://www.thejournal.ie/mystery-girl-dublin-oconnell-street-australia-1162232-Nov2013/
  32. https://www.thejournal.ie/gpo-girl-3-1165584-Nov2013/
  33. https://www.mamamia.com.au/samantha-azzopardi/
  34. https://www.mamamia.com.au/samantha-azzopardi-2019/
  35. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/samantha-azzopardi-mystery-dublin-girl-2685395
  36. https://www.news.com.au/news/national/melbourne-teen-believes-she-was-conned-by-serial-fraudster-samantha-azzopardi/news-story/9cbcf9d9aabd08d4279353ea00f3cb41
  37. https://www.news.com.au/news/national/police-investigating-reports-con-woman-samantha-azzopardi-targeted-melbourne-family/news-story/48eabe54c75507594c8e43196899bf30
  38. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/australian-con-artist-samantha-azzopardis-lies-revealed/news-story/2b68e45086dac2fdbecb0ad227e39cd9
  39. https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/serial-conwoman-samantha-azzopardi-facing-10-years-in-jail-for-fraud-after-latest-sex-trafficking-lie/news-story/b9683d78bdcbdd8af4aefff2befce913
  40. https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/serial-conwoman-samantha-azzopardi-to-stay-behind-bars/news-story/08a2b51d3d5a2a65670b1c4352b6d8d4
  41. https://www.news.com.au/national/what-drove-samantha-azzopardi-to-lie-about-abduction-sexual-abuse-trafficking/news-story/983da6c903ff552fc834fc74fe03b379
  42. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/serial-fraudster-samantha-azzopardi-admits-to-posing-as-a-teenage-girl-to-get-an-ipad-mobile-phone-opal-cards-and-health-benefits/news-story/438be822ec928392e3d311454de4ead8
  43. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/cctv-of-alleged-conwoman-dressed-as-a-schoolgirl-emerges/news-story/37f8c0dcaa1ee85b16de5511a94e104c
  44. https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/woman-accused-of-forging-documents-to-become-au-pair-found-with-two-young-girls/news-story/5cc41ef6a88ddfd2df3450a71eee308f
  45. https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/how-stories-deceive
  46. https://nypost.com/2017/06/12/28-year-old-conned-her-way-into-foster-care-by-saying-she-was-a-sexually-abused-teen/
  47. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/serial-fraudster-samantha-azzopardi-who-once-posed-as-an-au-pair-for-a-former-perth-wildcats-star—reportedly-adds-another-victim-ng-b881268797z
  48. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-conwoman-samantha-azzopardi-jailed-after-claiming-to-be-sextrafficking-victim-20170720-gxero0.html
  49. https://www.smh.com.au/world/australian-con-artist-samantha-azzopardi-to-be-deported-from-canada-20141208-12280t.html
  50. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/samantha-azzopardi-posed-as-teenager-enrolled-in-sydney-school-20171030-gzb6fb.html
  51. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/serial-fraudster-walked-through-streets-of-bendigo-dressed-as-a-schoolgirl-20191106-p5383z.html
  52. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/woman-allegedly-pretended-to-be-an-au-pair-to-steal-two-girls-20191103-p536z4.html
  53. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/alleged-fake-au-pair-hit-with-more-than-45-additional-charges-20191120-p53cb6.html
  54. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3769159/samantha-azzopardi-fraud-australia-ipad-foster-care/
  55. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/victoria/alleged-fake-au-pair-will-face-court-on-tuesday-once-she-s-had-an-mri-20191104-p537ch.htm
  56. https://www.thesun.ie/news/4328090/conwoman-samantha-azzopardi-strikes-again-australia-deporation-ireland/
  57. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-wildcats-player-may-be-latest-victim-of-australian-conwoman-posing-as-au-pair-20190711-p5267i.html
  58. https://abc7.com/archive/8310566/
  59. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Posing-as-Odessa-student-to-play-basketball-lands-2078124.php
  60. https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/2010/06/07/report-odessa-permian-basketball-player-guerdwich-montimer-indicted/
  61. http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=Guerdwich-Montimere
  62. https://www.gq.com/story/jerry-joseph-scandal-hs-basketball
  63. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-oct-18-et-counterpunch18-story.html
  64. https://www.mcall.com/fl-joseph-montimere-timeline-0424-20110423-story.html
  65. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fake-Texas-HS-Student-Wants-Out-of-Prison-167438205.html
  66. https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Basketball-Imposter-Indicted-95854679.html
  67. https://www.newswest9.com/article/text/news/guerdwich-montimere-released-from-east-texas-prison/513-d24534db-b80e-449b-9aad-ad04211a3572
  68. https://nypost.com/2010/05/12/foul-teen-high-school-basketball-star-actually-22-year-old-imposter/
  69. https://www.oaoa.com/news/article_b7616672-beb9-5820-999b-08aa8b5d43b8.html
  70. https://www.oaoa.com/news/article_18f9195c-ad8f-11e4-8945-c7ad26d0fc6f.html
  71. https://www.oaoa.com/news/crime_justice/courts/article_46f7cd64-c946-11e2-8a60-0019bb30f31a.html
  72. https://www.oaoa.com/news/education/ecisd/article_947a57e2-b2ac-11e2-90a5-0019bb30f31a.html
  73. https://www.oaoa.com/news/article_63c7532c-accc-11e4-86e4-5772c926e08f.html
  74. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/fl-xpm-2013-05-13-fl-dillard-impostor-montimere-released-0514-20130513-story.html
  75. https://www.tdcaa.com/journal/theres-a-new-kid-in-town/
  76. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/texas-imposter-hoops-star-receives-3-prison-sentence-181357819.html
Load more
40: The Mine

go to
the next episode Icon

40

The Mine

Crandall Canyon Mine / Sago Mine

Buy something
you don’t need

Consume
CTA Image

Become a ValuedListener™

See the Perks
CTA Image