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An impostor (also spelled imposter) [1] is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise. Their objective is usually to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering or through means of identity theft , but also often for purposes of espionage or law enforcement .
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (born 21 February 1961) is a German convicted murderer and impostor. Born in West Germany, he is currently serving a prison sentence in the U.S. state of California. After moving to the U.S. in his late teens, Gerhartsreiter lived under a succession of aliases while variously claiming to be an actor, a director, an ...
Sholam Weiss (born 1954) is an American convicted fraudster . In 2000, Weiss was sentenced to 845 years in prison for racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, and other charges in connection to the collapse of the National Heritage Life Insurance Company. He and other defendants engaged in an immense scheme that siphoned off $450 million ...
Christophe Rocancourt. Pia Reyes (1996–?) Christophe Thierry Daniel Rocancourt colloquially Christopher Rocancourt (born 16 July 1967), is a French impostor and confidence man who scammed affluent people by masquerading in turn as a French nobleman, the heir to the Rockefeller family or family member of a celebrity.
Ferdinand Waldo Demara. Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. (December 1921 [ 1] – June 7, 1982) was an American impostor. He was the subject of both a book and a movie, loosely based on his exploits: The Great Impostor, in which he was played by Tony Curtis . Demara's impersonations included a civil engineer, a sheriff's deputy, an assistant prison ...
Frank William Abagnale Jr. ( / ˈæbəɡneɪl /; born April 27, 1948) is an American security consultant, author, and convicted felon who committed frauds that mainly targeted individuals and small businesses. [ 1][ 2][ 3] He later gained notoriety in the late 1970s by claiming a diverse range of workplace frauds, [ 4] many of which have since ...
Convicted of armed robbery. The sentence was the longest in the US state of Georgia. They rejected an offer to plead guilty for a 40-year prison sentence. [26] [27] Jared Lee Loughner: 2012 7 life sentences plus 140 years United States: Perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting. Darrell Brooks 2022 6 life sentences without parole plus 1067.5 years
He is currently serving a 10 1/2-year federal sentence for racketeering, fraud and other crimes connected to the outbreak, following a 2017 trial in Boston. Because of the credit for his federal ...