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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.
Each show was run by a man posing as a doctor who drew the crowd with a monologue. The entertainers, such as acrobats, musclemen, magicians, dancers, ventriloquists , exotic performers, and trick shots , kept the audience engaged until the salesman sold his medicine.
Born in Chicago, Illinois and originally trained as a pharmacist, Barnbaum had his license revoked in the aftermath of Medicaid fraud charges in 1971. He moved to California in 1976, and after having legally changed his last name to Barnes, stole the identity of a licensed medical doctor in Stockton, Gerald Barnes, and worked as a physician in the Los Angeles and Southern California region for ...
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A hairstylist from Fresno and a yoga instructor have been arrested on suspicion of stealing nearly $3 million from a doctor while posing as his caregiver and friend, federal prosecutors said.
Frank Abagnale (born 1948), who passed bad checks as a fake pilot, doctor, and lawyer [25] Joseph Ady (1770–1852), notorious English impostor and postal fraudster Gerald Barnbaum (1933–2018), former pharmacist who posed as a doctor for over twenty years, assuming the identities of various licensed physicians [ 26 ]
A man posed as a veterinarian and performed surgery on a pregnant dog who died, authorities say ... “A doctor at the emergency pet hospital told detectives a C-Section is not an uncommon surgery ...