Con Man of the Hamptons, in His Own Words
Christopher Rocancourt, the con man who spent this summer in the Hamptons posing as a Rockefeller and bilking the well-to-do out of nearly $1 million, called to set the record straight. He stole. He...
View ArticleManhunt Ends in Western Canada With Arrest of Hamptons Con Man
It has been nine months since Christopher Rocancourt jumped bail in the Hamptons, running from accusations that he soaked the rich for nearly $1 million while posing as a member of the Rockefeller...
View ArticleFraud Suspect's New Case
Christopher Rocancourt, the man who has admitted soaking the rich in the Hamptons last summer by passing himself off as a scion of the Rockefeller clan, has been indicted on charges he swindled...
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Acquittals Don't Erase Smudges of Accusations He was a New Jersey construction executive who served as labor secretary under President Ronald Reagan, but some of the lengthiest labor that Raymond J....
View ArticleHamptons Confidence Man Is Now Occupying a Cell in Brooklyn
Just in time for the summer season, Christopher Rocancourt is back in town. This time, he did not arrive first class. Mr. Rocancourt is the dashingly brazen Frenchman who became known in the tabloid...
View ArticleA Would-Be Rockefeller Gets A Deal He Can't Back Out Of
Christopher Rocancourt, the French-born faux Rockefeller accused of swindling wealthy and well-connected acquaintances out of more than $1.5 million, pleaded guilty yesterday in Brooklyn to three...
View ArticleFake Rockefeller Pleads Guilty in Hamptons Swindles
A Frenchman who appropriated the Rockefeller name and swindled the rich from East Hampton to Hong Kong out of more than $1.5 million pleaded guilty yesterday to four counts of grand larceny in Suffolk...
View ArticleFrench-Accented Fraud Artist Is Sentenced in Hamptons Con
Christopher Rocancourt, who parted well-connected people from their money with a charming French accent and a story about being a Rockefeller, said he was sorry yesterday. Then a judge sentenced him to...
View ArticleMetro Briefing | New York: Riverhead: Swindler Sentenced Again
It was the second day of reckoning for Christopher Rocancourt, the urbane French confidence man who separated acquaintances in Hollywood and the Hamptons from their money. Mr. Rocancourt, who once...
View ArticleSwindler of Wealthy Gets 5-Year Sentence
A man who swindled wealthy victims out of at least $1.5 million by claiming to be a movie producer, a Rockefeller heir or one of several other celebrities was sentenced on Monday to five years in...
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