Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale Jr. ‘Catch Me if You Can’

Catch Me if You Can is based on the true story of Frank Abagnale,Jr. (Leonardo DiCarpio). He is a successful con artist who assumed more than eight different identities, impersonated a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher and an airplane pilot, became notorious for successfully passing US$2.5 million worth of meticulously forged checks across 26 countries around five years and started at an early age of 17. That’s why he became the youngest man to make the FBI’s most wanted list for forgery. He was hunted and caught in the film by fictional FBI Agent Carl Hanratty, Abagnale and escaped twice from police custody. He eventually became a consultant for the FBI where he focused on white-collar crime. He also runs Abagnale & Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company..... More Frank Abagnale