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Fake Rockefeller Convicted

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Found guilty of kidnapping his daughter.

How the fake mighty have fallen: Christian Carl Gerhartsreiter, the German man who for years passed himself off as “Clark Rockefeller,” a member of the famous family, has been found guilty of kidnapping his daughter last summer, as well as assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Gerhartsreiter passed himself off as a Rockefeller for years, including fooling his wife of 12 years. He now faces up to 15 years in prison.

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