James Hogue

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Hogue
Occupation	Con Artist
Date Of Birth	Oct 22, 1959(1959-10-22)
Age	65
Birthplace	Kansas City
Country	United States
Birth City	Kansas City
Horoscope	Capricorn

James Hogue Biography

James Hogue is one of the most popular and richest Con Artist who was born on October 22, 1959 in Kansas City, Kansas City, United States. James Arthur Hogue (born October 22, 1959) is an American impostor who most famously entered Princeton University by posing as a self-taught orphan.

In 1987, Hogue applied to Princeton University, using the alias Alexi Indris- Santana, a self-taught orphan from Utah, where he was then living. Hogue’s application materials claimed that he had lived outdoors in the Grand Canyon, raising sheep and reading philosophy books. Princeton invited Hogue to attend in the fall of 1988, but he deferred admission for one year, telling Princeton his mother was dying. In reality, Hogue had pled guilty to possessing stolen bicycle equipment, and had been sentenced to five years in prison.

His real identity was exposed when Renee Pacheco, a former classmate from his days as “Jay Huntsman” at Palo Alto High School, recognized him. She contacted reporter Jason Cole, who exposed Hogue a second time. On February 26, 1991, Hogue was arrested in class and charged with forgery, theft, and falsifying records. In October 1992, Hogue pled guilty to third-degree theft for taking more than $22,000 in scholarship money and was sentenced to nine months in jail. Hogue served 134 days in jail.

At some point in 1992, Hogue was briefly employed by the Harvard Mineralogical Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts as a part-time cataloguer. At the time, Hogue was taking a course in mineralogy at the Harvard Extension School. In April 1993, the museum discovered that gems, mineral specimens, microscopes, and other items worth $50,000 had gone missing, and suspected Hogue as the result of a tip.

In September 1985, Hogue, now 25 years old, stole the identity of a deceased infant and enrolled as a student at Palo Alto High School as Jay Mitchell Huntsman, a 16-year-old orphan from Nevada. On October 7, 1985, Hogue entered the Stanford Invitational Cross Country Meet. Hogue ran far ahead of the field and won the race, but did not report to the officials’ table, arousing suspicion. Jason Cole, a reporter covering the event for the now-defunct Peninsula Times-Tribune, uncovered Hogue’s identity theft, and Hogue left town.

James Hogue Net Worth

James Hogue is one of the richest Con Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Hogue 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hogue was raised in a working-class family in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from Washington High School in 1977.

Hogue attended the University of Texas at Austin in the 1980s but left without a degree. He also attended community college. In the late 1970s, he was a student at the University of Wyoming before dropping out when he didn’t perform well on the cross country team.

Hogue served nine months before being paroled from Utah State Prison in March

1989. Having also received a financial aid award from Princeton, he immediately left for the college, in violation of the terms of his parole. For the next two years, he lived as Santana, was a member of the track team, and was admitted into the Ivy Club, one of Princeton’s most exclusive eating clubs.

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On March 12, 2007, Hogue pleaded guilty to theft, in return for limiting his sentence and dropping additional charges. He was released on probation in 2012.

Facts & Trivia

James Ranked on the list of most popular Con Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Hogue celebrates birthday on October 22 of every year.

Where is James Hogue now?

Hogue isn’t in jail or prison or otherwise incarcerated , he’s committing a crime. That’s his way of life.” Despite the six-year sentence, Hogue was paroled Feb. 25, 2019, from the Colorado Department of Corrections and discharged from parole April 2, DOC spokeswoman Annie Skinner said Tuesday.

What did James Hogue do?

In September 1985, Hogue, now 25 years old, stole the identity of a deceased infant and enrolled as a student at Palo Alto High School as Jay Mitchell Huntsman, a 16-year-old orphan from Nevada.