A con-artist posing as Heath Ledger's father, who tried to trick money out of Hollywood stars, has been traced to the seaside town of Scarborough by New York Police.
Posing as Ledger's father Kim, the man rang Grease star John Travolta and asked him to buy him a plane ticket from Australia to New York.
The conman also spoke to Mission Impossible actor Tom Cruise and persuaded the funeral home taking care of Ledger's body to book him a room in a luxury hotel.
He even managed to speak to the doctor that carried out the autopsy on Ledger's body.
The suspect began contacting stars just hours after Ledger's death was announced.
As well as Travolta and Cruise, he tried to contact several other Hollywood stars, including Halle Berry, Mel Gibson and Christian Bale.
The unnamed man gave out two UK numbers, a landline and a mobile, for the stars to contact him on.
One of these was said to be registered to a 35-year-old man living in the seaside resort of Scarborough.
The New York Police Department are said to be investigating the case and may draft in Scarborough police to help with their enquiries.
Australian actor Ledger died last month from a suspected drug overdose.
Meanwhile, Michelle Williams, Ledger's former partner and mother of their 2-year-old child Matilda, spoke about her grief for the first time on Friday.
"Please respect our need to grieve privately. My heart is broken," - Williams said in a statement released on Friday by Ledger's spokeswoman.
"His family and I watch Matilda as she whispers to trees, hugs animals, and takes steps two at a time, and we know that he is with us still. She will be brought up with the best memories of him," Williams' added.