Brazilian judge used a false name for 40 years without being discovered. “Wickfield” claimed to have a British aristocratic origin

Edward Wickfield practiced law and worked as a judge under the cover of a man with a British aristocratic background. It began falsifying documents in the 70s and was only discovered in October.

Magistrate who used a British name for 40 years becomes a defendant in the São Paulo courts. He graduated from USP and worked in different civil areas of the state

For over 40 years, 67-year-old retired judge José Eduardo Franco dos Reis used the false name of Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield. The scam came to light when, in October 2024, he tried to obtain a duplicate of his identity card using the fictitious name. SP judge uses a false name for over 40 years and deceives institutions | CNN PRIME TIME The Civil Police investigation, through the Ricardo Gumbleton Daun…

After spending years as an English lord and thus rising to the post of judge of law, José Eduardo Franco dos Reis from São Paulo was discovered. But it wasn't the police investigations that reached him directly. Eduardo made a mistake when giving Poupatempo a birth certificate that would eventually reveal the fraud. In October 2024, the former judge went to the São Paulo government agency that facilitates access to various public services to ren…