Original: Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt ( February 13 , 1849 - January 3 , 1922 ) was a German impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as The Captain of Köpenick ( Der Hauptmann von Köpenick ) .
Simplified: Voigt was arrested on October 26 and on December 1 he was sentenced to four years in prison for forgery , impersonating ( pretending to be ) an officer and wrongful imprisonment .