A man who allegedly posed as the brother of comedian Peter Kay to con pub landlords in Northamptonshire has been charged with fraud, police said.
Peter Stead, aged 50, claimed he was a man called Danny Kay and the brother of the well-known Bolton comic when he offered to put on comedy nights, it is alleged.
Derbyshire Police said he has been charged with five offences of fraud - three in Derby, one in Nottinghamshire and one in Northamptonshire.
Police launched an investigation in 2009 after several landlords in Derby reported that a man had tricked them out of money by pretending to be Danny Kay.
A force spokeswoman said the man offered to put on comedy nights to raise money for the Lewis Mighty Fund, a charity raising money for a young boy in Nottingham, who died from neuroblastoma last year.
The man was given cash by the landlords to secure the booking but failed to deliver, it is alleged.
The force spokeswoman said Stead, from Mackworth in Derbyshire, appeared before magistrates last week and was remanded in custody to appear at Derby Crown Court on May 3.