Ceslaw Bojarski
French-Polish counterfeiter (1912–2003)
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- Ceslaw (Czesław) Jan Bojarski , (15 October 1912 – 2 May 2003), was a Polish-French counterfeiter.
- He studied at Lviv Polytechnic then at Gdańsk University of Technology, graduating with a degree in architectural engineering.
- After the war, he first settled in Vic-sur-Cère, Cantal, where he met his French wife.
- Here, he printed 30,000 banknotes which he then passed off, convincing his wife that he was a travelling salesman, before being arrested in 1964.
- He has no match.
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WikipediaCeslaw (Czesław) Jan Bojarski, (15 October 1912 – 2 May 2003), was a Polish-French counterfeiter.
He became famous in the 1960s for his extremely accurate counterfeit of the 100-franc 'Bonaparte' banknote, prompting the newspaper Le Parisien to call him 'The Cezanne of counterfeit money'
Ceslaw Bojarski was born on 15 October 1912 in Łańcut in Poland. He studied at Lviv Polytechnic then at Gdańsk University of Technology, graduating with a degree in architectural engineering. While serving as an Officer in the Polish army during World War Two, he was captured by the Hungarians, but managed to escape and sought refuge in France. After the war, he first settled in Vic-sur-Cère, Cantal, where he met his French wife. With the profits from his first fake banknotes, he had a house built in Montegeron, Essonne, where he moved with his family. Here, he printed 30,000 banknotes which he then passed off, convincing his wife that he was a travelling salesman, before being arrested in 1964. According to Christian Porcheron, director of the Museum of Counterfeit Money (musée de la Fausse Monnaie) "He was the greatest counterfeiter of the 20th century. He has no match."
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