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Aug 2, 1979
The Oak Ridge Boys file suit against William Frank Jr. in Nashville, charging him with falsely representing himself as a group member. Frank allegedly claimed to be B.J. Allen, the brother of The Oaks' Duane Allen, and fraudulently sought financial help to form a new group
Sep 23, 1980
A man who claims to be Johnny Lee checks out of a Winter Haven, Florida, hotel before he can be identified, leaving behind a woman who believes she's engaged to the "Lookin' For Love" singer. The impostor did interviews on two radio stations and signed autographs as "Jonny Lee"
Jun 17, 1988
Lawrence Irving Taylor is arrested at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, for impersonating Jack Greene while trying to buy a $700,000 racehorse
Aug 23, 1991
A Hank Williams Jr. impersonator shows up at the New Orleans Saints NFL camp to pose for pictures with players. Williams warns in the future that anyone wary of an impostor should "make him take his glasses off and count the stitches in his head"
Dec 27, 2000
George Shulkoff is jailed in Salt Lake City after posing as Nash Tritt, the supposed cousin of Travis Tritt. Shulkoff is busted when the country singer says he has no relative with that name. Shulkoff is wanted on charges in two other states
Jan 25, 2005
Students at Anthony Elementary School in Leavenworth, Kansas, get autographs when they're visited by Toby Keith--they think! The man turns out to be an impostor. Police do not file charges, since the hoax was not used for financial gain
Sep 6, 2006
A man named Paul Vance dies at his home in Ormond Beach, Florida, of lung cancer. He had claimed to be the same Paul Vance who wrote hits for Brian Hyland, Perry Como and Faron Young, though it turns out the real Paul Vance is alive and living in Westbury, New York
Jun 30, 2007
A 48-year-old, Mark Sams, is arrested for impersonating Merle Haggard's son, Noel Haggard, in Ronan, Montana. Sams conned fans, then charged them for his forged autograph outside the Valley Club
Feb 3, 2010
A man is arrested outside a Citibank in New York after trying to withdraw $4,300 from an account in the name of Paul Simon. The best clue something is wrong: The impostor is 6'-1"; the author of "The Boxer" is 5'-3"
Apr 26, 2012
A 25-year-old man turns himself in to police in LaGrange, Indiana, confessing that he tried to pass himself off as Brantley Gilbert, defrauding a musician and a local sign company of $12,000 in goods
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