Robert Baudin

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Robert Baudin (?-?) 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.

Baudin served a jail sentence in Australia for printing of currency. Baudin's autobiography is titled "Fake - The Passing Fortunes of a Counterfeiter".

[edit] References, and further reading:

• Baudin, Robert. Fake - The Passing Fortunes of a Counterfeiter. Methuen of Australia (1977). ISBN 0-454-00034-0