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Catch Me If You Can

Biography & History

Catch Me If You Can

Biography & History

Catch Me If You Can

Stan Redding

In the 1960s, Frank Abagnale led a life as a con artist whose astonishing deceptions were almost unbelievable. Through intense observation of his surroundings and study of the people around him, Frank spent years pretending to be a pilot, doctor and lawyer before being arrested and imprisoned. Now a reformed con man, he trains FBI agents to catch others like him.

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In Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale takes the reader on a thrilling journey of how he swindled millions from unsuspecting victims by posing as a pilot, a lawyer and a professor.

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Frank Abagnale was innocent in his youth before his taste for women sparked his criminal tendencies.

Frank’s scheming journey started with fraudulent checks and posing as an airline pilot.

With the lax regulations in place and the knack for observing combined with a bunch of luck, Frank stayed in the game.

As well as being a pilot, Frank faked being an attorney, a professor, and even a doctor.

Eventually, Frank was caught and jailed for his many years of thrilling and lucrative scams.

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