Frank William Abagnale is born in 1948. He carried out his criminal activities between the ages of 16 and 21. His life inspired the movie, ‘Catch Me if You Can’
Between the ages of 16 and 21, he forged his driver’s license to seem ten years older, and then opened several bank accounts using different identities. In order to remove suspicion while cashing his forged checks, he decided to become a pilot. He forged a pilot’s license and an employee ID.
He forged $2.5 million worth of bank checks across 26 countries he had flown to as a pilot, Chukwuebuka Sunday tells.
Shortly after he stopped working as a pilot he moved to Georgia where he became a pediatrician. He quit after he almost killed a baby.
He then moved on to work as a lawyer claiming to have graduated from Harvard. When he was arrested in 1969 twelve countries sought his extradition. While he was in prison he posed as an undercover inspector and this made him receive special treatments. He was able to escape from prison but was re-arrested.
He was released on parole, the condition being that he must work for the FBI. Till this day Frank still works for the FBI. Each of those three professions he impersonated takes years before anyone could practice them.
How he became a doctor without going to medical school; a lawyer without being to law school; a pilot with no training is beyond human comprehension. This can only be done by a highly intelligent criminal.
