Józef Jankowski

**Józef "JoJo" Jankowski** is a Polish born American criminal fence located in the Los Angeles area. He is also a confidential informant for various law enforcement agencies.

## Background

Józef Jankowski was born in Bielawa, Poland to a pharmaceutical executive father and a doctor mother. JoJo moved with his family to New York City when he was 7 years old. In order to make a life for himself JoJo started going by the anglicized version of his name, Joseph and would go on to learn to speak and write perfect English, JoJo even went as far as teaching himself speak without any hint of an accent. JoJo eventually became friends with a street hustler in the Bronx, this started him on his life of crime.

## Criminal Endeavors

JoJo is a prominent fence with connections various Los Angeles criminal organizations and street gangs. JoJo openly promotes himself as ‘the best middle man in Greater Los Angeles’ but in reality most of his wealth comes from his various scams and schemes against the criminals who use his services. Despite appearing unassuming and at times bumbling, JoJo is a savvy businessman who has managed to con several major criminal organizations out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, most often without them realizing.

Despite his tenacity, JoJo has come under serious threat on several occasions after the group he conned found out. JoJo has been targeted by the Demon Legion outlaw motorcycle gang, the Armenian Mafia, MS-13, and the 18th Street Family. Despite JoJo’s many brushes with danger, criminal organizations continue to use his services, both due to his uncanny ability to source hard to find items, and the majority of them not knowing he’s scamming them. JoJo has even managed to convince several organizations that he’s scamming everyone else he deals with but not them, this has led to his continued popularity and protection from prominent criminal organizations.

Unbeknownst to his clients, JoJo has been a confidential informant for most of his adult life. Law enforcement groups like the LAPD Gang and Narcotics Division, the HSI National Gang Unit, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Gangs, and the Southern California Drug Task Force all use JoJo as a tool against criminals and criminal organizations. JoJo’s crimes are often overlooked or ignored all together, both due to his nearly 100% accuracy rate on information he gives, and due to the fact that he only scams other criminals. JoJo has close friendships with LAPD detective Brian McGaren, HSI special agent Sean Marks, and DEA special agents Damon Garris and Andrew Nguyen.

JoJo is well known for randomly calling one of his law enforcement friends and telling them that someone is trying to kill him. While JoJo has come under serious threats in the past, the majority of his calls for help involve him significantly exaggerating the situation. Sean Marks and his niece HSI special agent Margaret Marks have even saved JoJo from kidnapping on one occasion, Margaret and her coworker Kyle Gibson have also saved JoJo from his own freezer after the was locked in there by MS-13 members after he called one of them stupid.

## Personal Life

JoJo has been in a turbulent on again/off again relationship with Leanna Gale since 2015. Despite amusingly trying to ask out Margaret Marks and Kate Ellis on various occasions, JoJo has stayed mostly single during the last decade and a half.