It’s not new for normal people who look like famous celebrities to try and make money off their similar looks, but one fan took it a little too far.
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A Jack Nicholson look-alike has been parading around the world pretending to be the Anger Management star.
A man in Brazil was arrested after he tried to open a bank account using a fake ID with Nicholson’s photo on it.
According to CNN, Richard Sergio Freire de Barros was caught in the Brazilian city of Recife and charged with using false documents and making a fake public document.
Police had been monitoring the 41-year-old’s actions for several months before they arrested him. Law officials first got wind of Barros’s illegal habits after receiving reports that he had been going around town opening fraudulent bank accounts and credits cards, then spending money he didn’t have and incurring huge amounts of debt.
When he was arrested, police found many fake IDs and checkbooks in his possession.
The photo of Nicholson that Barros used is a famous picture taken by celebrity photographer Martin Schoeller nine years ago for Entertainment Weekly.
Should’ve been a little smarter.
