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Imposture is not a homogenous clinical entity. And the cases of important impostors, for which many reliable psychopathological data were gathered, are rare, especially in analytical literature. This fact makes it even more valuable to study the “case” of Jean-Claude Romand, a doctor and high-level researcher who (after having killed his wife, two kids, parents, and their dog, and having tried to kill himself) revealed to be nothing like his social persona. How is it that such an imposture could occur for over seventeen years? But above all, why did this man construct it? Which psychological mechanisms were used? And to which subjective position may it relate? The answers that we are presenting to the above questions make this type of imposture a form of ordinary psychosis, where “imaginary identifications” operate as a suppletive device. In this paper we have the opportunity to develop all of those notions.