![]() His grifter-made-good story was a huge selling point.Īccording to both Abagnale himself and his autobiography, in the mid-1960s and early ’70s, when he was between 16 and 21, he had impersonated a Pan Am pilot, flying some 3,000,000 miles to 82 countries for free. ![]() Frank Abagnale and Leonardo DiCaprio during filming of “Catch Me If You Can.” FilmMagic, Inc He added that he had repaid all of his debts.Ībagnale never seemed embarrassed by his past - not on “To Tell the Truth” nor “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” nor in high-paying speaking gigs around the country. I have done so now for more than 43 years.” In 1974, after serving 4 years in federal prison, the government took me out of prison to work for the FBI. I served five years total in prisons in Europe and the US Federal prison system. “The crime I committed was writing bad checks,” he wrote. Via email, the “reformed” con artist and author - who now advises businesses, banks, department stores and the FBI on fraud prevention and cybercrime - wanted me to know that it bothered him that “everyday someone writes an article about a bank robbery, forgery, con artist, or even cybercrime and they refer to me. It was the famous still from “Catch Me if You Can,” Steven Spielberg’s 2002 film inspired by Abagnale’s best-selling memoir from 1980. The Times of London had reviewed my 2019 book about serial liars, “ Duped,” and a photo of Leonardo DiCaprio in full pilot regalia accompanied the piece. New mom stuns in bikini just six days after giving birth: ‘Show off’īox-office smash ‘Titanic’ a near disaster as crew poisoned by PCP, star almost drowned Leonardo DiCaprio testifies in Fugees’ lobbying trial that financier tried to funnel $30M to Obamaįace the music: Inside the wild federal trial of the Fugees’ Pras, beginning Monday
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