Oswald LeWinter was an Austrian-born American author and poet.
16 Facts About Oswald LeWinter
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Oswald LeWinter came to the United States in 1939, as part of an effort to rescue Jewish children from the dangerous conditions of Vienna following Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria.
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Oswald LeWinter eventually moved to Germany, where he taught psychology to American military personnel.
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In 1984, Oswald LeWinter was arrested by German authorities for his part in a scheme to smuggle chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine into the United States.
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Oswald LeWinter was extradited to the United States and sentenced to six years in prison.
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Oswald LeWinter presented himself as a CIA operative, and eventually claimed to have provided security for several meetings in Paris where, according to various people claiming to be witnesses, negotiations to delay the diplomats' release took place.
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Oswald LeWinter appeared again in Francovich's 1994 film, The Maltese Double Cross, which blames a failed DEA drug sting for the Lockerbie crash.
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Oswald LeWinter is mentioned in the 1998 Assassination Records Review Board report.
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The records that the Review Board examined did not show that Oswald LeWinter was ever employed by or worked for the CIA in any capacity.
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Oswald LeWinter, posing as a CIA officer, offered Al-Fayed what he said were CIA documents that showed the British intelligence agency MI6 had assassinated the two.
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When Oswald LeWinter demanded $US4 million for the documents and insisted on meeting outside the United States, Al-Fayed suspected fraud and notified the FBI, the CIA, and police in Vienna, where the meeting was to take place.
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When Oswald LeWinter produced the documents at the meeting in Vienna, he was arrested, but at least two others fled.
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The documents were judged forgeries and Oswald LeWinter was convicted of fraud.
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Oswald LeWinter served over two and a half years in prison, and was released in December, 2000.
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Oswald LeWinter was married four times and had five children.
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Oswald LeWinter died in Holly Hill, South Carolina on February 13,2013.