man pretended he made an open source android os and sold phones with the same name, then went on to (allegedly) pretend he has done crimes to impress a girl, who was actually a cop
this is an amazing, funny, and serious thread that software people should read
We heard from several people who knew Abdoul Rasnab that the reason for his arrest and imprisonment while awaiting trial was him pretending to have committed crimes to impress a woman who turned out to be a police informant. That sounds a lot like what he's doing right now.