Frank Abagnale, Jr.

American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist · United States · Founders · Born 1948 · age 78 · also France

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2023FBI Honorary MedalsAward2008“Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards.”In their words12 October 2008Frank Abagnale, Abagnale & Associates Abagnale & Associates Website, accessed 2008-10-12Read the whole statement

2002“I made a lot of exits through side doors, down fire escapes or over rooftops. I abandoned more wardrobes in the course of five years than most men acquire in a lifetime.”In their wordsCh.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d)Read the whole statement

“If I had to place any blame for my future nefarious actions, I'd put it on the Ford. That Ford fractured every moral fiber in my body.”In their wordsCh.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d)Read the whole statement

“I stole every nickel, dime and dollar and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies.”In their wordsCh.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d)Read the whole statement

“Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it 'U.R.”In their wordsCh.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d)Read the whole statement

1948Born27 April 1948

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Friendswood, Texas arrest photo, 1974

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Frank Abagnale, Jr.

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Remember what being an adult is: It has nothing to do with money or awards.
Oct 12, 2008, Frank Abagnale, Abagnale & Associates Abagnale & Associates Website, accessed 2008-10-12, Own words
I made a lot of exits through side doors, down fire escapes or over rooftops. I abandoned more wardrobes in the course of five years than most men acquire in a lifetime.
2002, Ch.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d), Own words
If I had to place any blame for my future nefarious actions, I'd put it on the Ford. That Ford fractured every moral fiber in my body.
2002, Ch.1 Pg.4(a), Ch.1 Pg. 11(b),Back cover(c), Ch.6 Pg.116(d), Own words

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FBI Honorary Medals2023

About this person

Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American-French security consultant, author, and convicted felon whose documented crimes consist primarily of check fraud and petty theft targeting individuals and small businesses. Beginning in the late 1970s, Abagnale claimed a far more dramatic criminal past involving long-term impersonations of a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia hospital physician, and a Louisiana assistant attorney general, among other roles. These claims formed the basis of his 1980 autobiography, Catch Me If You Can, co-written with Stan Redding. The book inspired the film of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002, in which Abagnale was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.

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