How often have you caught patients in a lie perpetuated for years?

Recently saw a 50 something year old gentleman with supposed sickle cell disease who still had both native hips, no heart failure, no strokes, no CKD, or any other medical co-morbidities. I found all of that to be beyond abnormal given the low life expectancy and the typical disease burden of someone living that long with SCD. He is apparently a regular at our hospital presenting to the ER at least 5-6x/month and being admitted 1-2x/month and has been doing this for the last 3 years. He was... How often have you caught patients in a lie perpetuated for years?
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