- Antoinette Millard
Antoinette Millard (b. 1964?) was a name
United States impostor Lisa Walker used when she pretended to be a Saudiprincess . She was born Lisa Antoinette Millard, her married name was Walker.In the beginning of May 2004, she claimed she was a Saudi Arabian princess who had converted to
Judaism . OnMay 8 ,2004 , "Millard" came into the spotlight inNew York when she claimed that she had been mugged and the robbers had stolen insuredjewelry worth $262,000.Millard joined the New York City high society posthaste. She was mentioned in the "
New York Social Diary " and attended variousantiques ,fashion and jewelry shows. She frequented jewelry shops and often exchanged her previous buys for new ones.At the same time, she made various wild claims about her background. She had been a
lawyer , graduated fromBoston University , a model forVictoria's Secret orBergdorf Goodman orBrown Brothers Harriman vice-president. She also expected a 7 million dollardivorce settlement and was one of the triplets.Eventually the bubble burst. Chubb & Co insurance company was not convinced of the claim of stolen jewelry and accused Millard of
insurance fraud . At the end of May 2004 Millard was arrested and sent toRiker's Island prison . American Expresses got a court order and claimed $951,000 worth of her assets for debts she had incurred through their card.Millard was charged with insurance fraud, attempted
grand larceny andforgery . She was released onbail worth $100,000 but faced 15 years in jail if convicted. On November 2004 Millard filed a suit against American Express. She claimed that she had been obviouslymentally incompetent when she had opened her credit account and that the credit card company should have realized that. She claimed symptoms of anorexia, depression,anxiety attack s and that she had a headtumor and sued for million dollars.In
August 2 2005 , she plead guilty togrand larceny andinsurance fraud and the next day was sentenced to a year in mental institution for treatment.External links
* [http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/newyork/nyc-nyprin034368945aug03,0,5148786.story?coll=nyc-nynews-print "Newsday" article about her sentence]
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