Robert Baudin

Robert Baudin (19181983) was a counterfeiter, conman and aerial photographer.

Baudin was born in the United States. He started counterfeiting during the depression and World War II, after the war he "made"
US$2,000,000 and eventually moved to Australia. He served a jail sentence in Australia for printing of currency. His autobiography
is titled "Fake - The Passing Fortunes of a Counterfeiter
."

In 1980 he was acquitted of charges of extortion, when he flew his airplane at low altitudes around New York City, to protest against
his publisher's editing of his book's American edition.[1] He had undertaken a very similar protest with a small plane in Sydney, in
1969, just before his trial for counterfeiting.[2]

References
1. McG. Thomas Jr, Robert (10 October 1979)."Disgruntled PilotAuthor Buzzes Midtown 3 Hours"(http://www.nytime
s.com/1979/10/10/archives/disgruntled-pilotauthor-buzzes-midtown-3-hours-a-similar-stunt-in.html?url=http%3A%2
F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1979%2F10%2F10%2F112129317.html) . The New York
Times. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
2. Lescaze, Lee (10 October 1979)."U.N. Emptied as Upset Author Threatens T o Park His Plane in Publisher's Office"
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1979/10/10/un-emptied-as-upset-author-threatens-to-park-his-plan
e-in-publishers-office/b0aeb734-e4c1-4779-8583-26f7a88d3f60/). The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

Baudin, Robert. Fake - The Passing Fortunes of a Counterfeiter

. Methuen of Australia (1977).ISBN 0-454-00034-0

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