This prince was too charming to be true.
He lived like royalty in an ornate SoHo loft — but “Prince Josef von Habsburg-Lothringen of Austria” was actually Josef Meyers, a regular schlub from Michigan with a rap sheet longer than his phony name.
Even stranger, he was able to sustain this illusion by working as an FBI informant — landing enough dough to fuel an over-the-top lifestyle in Manhattan, sources said.
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