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Johann Friedrich Hohenberger OAM (7 September 1950 – 27 July 1991), also known as John Friedrich, was executive director of the National Safety Council of Australia (Victorian Division) during the 1980s. He was the subject of Victoria's biggest fraud case and known as "Australia's greatest conman ".
A character actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, John Friedrich is probably best known for his portrayal of Joey Capra in The Wanderers (1979), Philip Kaufman's film adaption of Richard Price's novel.
Oct 19, 2021 · The true story of a leader and hero, John Friedrich who was also a criminal mastermind that seduced governments and defrauded banks.
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Sep 30, 2022 · A leader and a hero, John Friedrich built a rescue organisation that inspired a nation. He was also a criminal mastermind who seduced governments and defrauded banks for hundreds of millions of...
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Oct 30, 2017 · John Freidrich, an Australian conman who killed himself in 1991 while he was on charges of fraud. Banks collapsed in consequence of their exposure, Friedrich vanished, the...
John Friedrich (1950–1991), company director and fraudster, was born Friedrich Johann Hohenberger on 7 September 1950 at Munich, West Germany, the younger of two sons of Johann Christian Hohenberger, possibly a textile manufacturer, and his wife Elisabeth Sophie Christina, née Wehner.
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Dec 8, 2023 · John Friedrich, the former head of the Victorian Division of National Safety Council of Australia, was also once called Australia’s greatest conman. Back in the 1980s, he famously made $293 million of investors’ money disappear.
