8. James Hogue
James Arthur Hogue was an American swindler who posed as self-taught orphan. He grew up in Kansas City and was known as a talented athlete. He enrolled at Princeton University using the name Alexi Indris-Santana and arrested three years later for defrauding the university for about $30,000. After released from the Mercer County Correctional Center, he worked as repairman and remodeller. In 2005, police searched his house and found $100,000 worth of item he stole from homes he worked on.