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The orphan posed as a Russian prince and became a multi-millionaire

An orphan named Christophe Rokancourt managed to become a multimillionaire, pretending to be someone else. He stated that he was Rockefeller, the son of Sophia Loren, the Russian prince and former boxing champion. The conman swam in fame and fortune, making friendships with celebrities and romance with models.

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French orphan

Christophe Rocancourt, also known as Christopher Rocancourt, was born on July 16, 1967 in the small town of Honfleur, France. His father was an alcoholic artist named Daniel Rocancourt, and his mother was a 17-year-old prostitute named Ennick Villers. The couple got married a month before Christopher was born. A year later, his sister was born, and meanwhile the family lived in a cramped trailer. Christophe later said that Ennik often left her children at home unattended, going to spend time with men for money along with her sister.

In 1969, Rokankur's parents broke up. Christoph's father left the family to find work in Belgium. Soon Ennik decided that she didn’t need children, and Christophe and his sister remained with their grandparents in a two-room hut, which did not have running water or electricity. His father returned from Belgium when Christoph was 5 years old, and began dating Christoph's aunt. When she also left the family, Daniel decided to send the children to an orphanage in Saint-Germain Village. Later, when Christoph turned 20 years old, his father froze to death on the street, being drunk.

Petty scams in Paris and triumph in hollywood

In July 1979, after three years in the orphanage, Christophe was adopted by a family who lived outside Le Nobourg. His adoptive father was very strict, which the boy did not like. After several escape attempts, Christophe fled to Paris at the age of 18. There he began to commit forgery and petty theft under the identity of a wealthy Russian nobleman, Prince Galitsyn (Prince de Galitsyn). He went to jail several times. Rocancourt later claimed that at age 23 he committed his first major act of fraud - he forged documents for $1,4 million.

Escaping from the police after he was accused of stealing jewelry, Rokancourt went to the United States. In the 1991 year, at the age of 24 years, Rokankur settled in Los Angeles, where he began to live under different pseudonyms and make acquaintances with representatives of the Hollywood elite.

He said he was a former boxing champion, a film producer, a successful stockbroker, and also claimed that his mother was Sophia Loren.

Having made many useful contacts and “entered the party,” Rocancourt began to move in the circles of supermodels, film actors, producers and married Playboy model Piya Perez and at the same time took another model named Rhonda Rydell as his mistress. To this woman he again introduced himself as a descendant of a Russian prince. This legend helped him enter the rich Russian houses of Hollywood.

In Los Angeles, Christoph lived with Mickey Rourke for some time and was able to convince Jean-Claude Van Damme that he would produce his next film. In 1997, he started having problems with the law, Rokankura was tried to be detained on suspicion of fraud, but the man managed to escape to the east coast of the United States.

One of the Rockefeller kind

Having stopped in Hampton, where respectable American businessmen live, Christoph came up with a new scam. The man composed a legend according to which he was a member of the family of billionaires Rockefellers. He successfully managed to spread a rumor, which he reinforced his acquaintances with the Hollywood bohemian.

As a result, the Hampton elite flocked to Christophe, literally begging him to accept their investment. Christophe agreed, pretending that he could double his money in less than two weeks by demanding an advance on top. Having received investments from the wealthy from the Hamptons in the imaginary “Rockefeller business,” Christophe collected the money and fled to Canada. There he managed, pretending to be a racer, to trick an elderly couple out of $100. After which Rocancourt was caught by the police.

Prison and new success

In 2003, Christophe was sent to prison in Los Angeles. Despite his disgraced position, the swindler managed to make a fortune here too. This time, while in prison, he wrote two bestsellers, Me, Christopher Rocancourt, Orphan, Playboy, Prisoner and My Lives. After his release, the newly rich Rocancourt decided to return to France.

He also sold the rights to his name for the clothing line, Rocancourt Jeans. Later, Rokancourt told reporters that he had managed to fool 40 millions of people in total. The judge decided that Christophe must pay the victims more than a million dollars. However, the prosecution doubts that the victims of Rokankura will ever see at least a penny of the money stolen from them.

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