# People who think Elvis faked his death and is still alive

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> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> Well, it has a plausibility that the Elvis example does not: a number of people have tried and failed to fake a death in order to escape prosecution for various crimes.

And some have probably succeeded, like Gerald Cotton, of the Quadriga bitcoin scam.

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