EmpressStarXVII Posted January 28, 2007 #1 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Ever hear of Frank Abagnale Jr.? I find his story so facinating. He was only 16 years old when he started his life of check and identity fraud. In a little over 5 years he wrote $2.4 million dollars worth of bogus checks under 8 different names. He even was able to work as a Pan Am co-pilot, an attourney, a peditrician doctor, and a professor of sociology at Brigham Young University! Everything about his life was forged. His degree at Harvard, his pilot licenses. Can you imagine that? He was eventually caught by the FBI and sent to prison for 5 years, little after his release he went and worked as an FBI agent detecting fraudulent checks. Eventually he created his own company for security to banks, and is now a legitiment millionaire. If only we all could do this and have a happy ending Read more of his story here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyhomunculi Posted January 28, 2007 #2 Share Posted January 28, 2007 You do know there was a movie made about this right ??? Its called Catch me if You Can.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmpressStarXVII Posted January 28, 2007 Author #3 Share Posted January 28, 2007 You do know there was a movie made about this right ??? Its called Catch me if You Can.... Yes, thats what got me interested, because I was surprised I never heard who he was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyhomunculi Posted January 28, 2007 #4 Share Posted January 28, 2007 This guy was friggin genius, such an amazing story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girty1600 Posted February 5, 2007 #5 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Awesome movie tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Flower Posted February 6, 2007 #6 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Ever hear of Frank Abagnale Jr.? I find his story so facinating. He was only 16 years old when he started his life of check and identity fraud. In a little over 5 years he wrote $2.4 million dollars worth of bogus checks under 8 different names. He even was able to work as a Pan Am co-pilot, an attourney, a peditrician doctor, and a professor of sociology at Brigham Young University! Everything about his life was forged. His degree at Harvard, his pilot licenses. Can you imagine that? He was eventually caught by the FBI and sent to prison for 5 years, little after his release he went and worked as an FBI agent detecting fraudulent checks. Eventually he created his own company for security to banks, and is now a legitiment millionaire. If only we all could do this and have a happy ending Read more of his story here. I quite enjoyed Catch me if you Can, some of the incidences in that were funny lol. On the other side of it though, quite scary isn't it that someone could do all that and not get caught for quite a long time, no wonder the FBI wanted him, they probably thought it would be a good idea to keep an eye on him LOL. (Apart from being an expert and helping them in this field that is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Atheist_Mind Posted February 6, 2007 #7 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I quite enjoyed Catch me if you Can, some of the incidences in that were funny lol. On the other side of it though, quite scary isn't it that someone could do all that and not get caught for quite a long time, no wonder the FBI wanted him, they probably thought it would be a good idea to keep an eye on him LOL. (Apart from being an expert and helping them in this field that is). lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the rebirth Posted February 6, 2007 #8 Share Posted February 6, 2007 why hadn't i heard of this guy before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
through the fire Posted February 11, 2007 #9 Share Posted February 11, 2007 This guy was friggin genius, such an amazing story he was no genius he got caught there are major criminals committing frauds and you will never ever know their name nevermind hear about the crime,now thats genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undersquiggle Posted February 12, 2007 #10 Share Posted February 12, 2007 i agree. if you are a genius, or mastermind of a crime, no one will ever know you did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushMaiden Posted May 31, 2007 #11 Share Posted May 31, 2007 one of the greatest fraud masters was Rabbi Joseph Prushinowski he obtained $190 Million in International bank fraud. He was eventually caught in Israel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Chupacabra Posted June 1, 2007 #12 Share Posted June 1, 2007 You do know there was a movie made about this right ??? Its called Catch me if You Can.... Love that movie. Surprised nobody before him thought of using the logos on model airplanes to make fake airline-pilot checks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Umbarger Posted June 4, 2007 #13 Share Posted June 4, 2007 why hadn't i heard of this guy before?I kind of doubt that it's the sort of thing the F.B.I. is happy to discuss. The guy pulled all that off and evaded them for a long time. Surprised nobody before him thought of using the logos on model airplanes to make fake airline-pilot checksYou never know what is going through someones mind while they are sniffing model airplane glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Chupacabra Posted June 12, 2007 #14 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I kind of doubt that it's the sort of thing the F.B.I. is happy to discuss. The guy pulled all that off and evaded them for a long time. I agree. They probably want people to think that they can catch crooks just *snap* like that. You never know what is going through someones mind while they are sniffing model airplane glue. That's funny...but true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Mark Posted July 11, 2007 #15 Share Posted July 11, 2007 If I can remember correctly the chick got screwed twice. Once by him then his fake check. I wonder if she was able to cash it. The movie was pretty good and it's weird how everything seemed to work out for him until the end. I guess some people are just a little bit more lucky than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mule Posted July 11, 2007 #16 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Runner-up goes to Brian Bosworth who conned the Seatle Seahawks into giving him 10 million... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questionmark Posted July 11, 2007 #17 Share Posted July 11, 2007 (edited) "Ever hear of Frank Abagnale Jr.? " Yes, but I would not go so far as to say that he pulled the best fast-one in history. My front runner is Guiseppe Balsamo, better know as Alessandro Comte di Cagliostro. He managed to run away with part of France's royal treasure. Edit: missed apostrophe Edited July 11, 2007 by questionmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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