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Frank's Birthday
Frank Abagnale Jr. was born on April 27, 1948, New York. He was the thired child of Frank Abagnale Sr. and Paulette Abagnale. -
Frank's parents divorce
His mother decided to leave his father and Frank's life was disrupted. Frank decided to live with his father after the divorce. -
Frank's first con (in gas station)
Frank began to use his father's gas credit card to make money in order to get girls out. Frank convinced gas station owners to give him a portion of his sale back in cash. At last, he got $3400 from his father's credit card. -
Run away from his parents
Frank's father got bankrupt. Thus, Frank decided to run away from hos father and live by himself. -
Ideas of bad checks
At that time, because Frank was still a teenager, his wage was just $1.5 per hour which is below the minimum wage. Frank want a way to get money faster. -
Start to make bad checks
Frank decided to use his checks book to make bad checks in order to support his life. He had written hundreds of bad checks. -
Frank want to be a pilot in Pan Airline
Frank wanted to have a high status in society. He decided to be a pilot in the Pan Airline. He tried to learn everything about the plane. Leaning the language that they speak in the work. Once, he pretended to be a student who is interested about the pilot. He also read a lot of book about the plane. -
Creat fake FAA License
Frank learned a lot about the FAA license from other coworkers and created a fake FAA license. He started to use this license infrount of others. -
Move to Atlanta
Frank thought that FBI is finding him. he decided to move to Atlanta. -
Become a doctor in Atlanta
He faked as a doctor in Atlanta. The hospital in Atlanta employed him with high salary to be a doctor. He used the library in the hospital and studied a lot about the medical knowledge. When someone ask him to look for a paitient, he always ask his interns to look after. His interns are very happy about this. They think Frank give them a great opportunity to work in the hospital. -
Leave Georgia
A child almost died because of Frank. He realize that his doctor is an important job. He quit his job and leave the Atlanta. -
Works for Louisiana Attorney General
Frank past the law test and became a legal assistant in Louisiana. He told others that he graduated from Harvard. However, when other ask him about the life in Harvard, he runs away again. -
Become a professor at BYU
Work as a sociology professor in BYU summer term. He told the school that he used to be a professor in NYU. Because he teaches the class about sociology and always give students real example from his own life. All stufents love his class. -
Hide in France
Because Frank wanted to live a normal life. He hid the majority amount of his money in America and came to France. -
Arrest by France police
Frank wanted to start a new life in France. However, one of his girlfriends in France recngnize his face and he was cought by the police. -
Move to Sweden
Because Frank did so many crime in Europe, every country wanted to arrest him and sent him to the jail. After he released from France, he got into Sweden jail. -
Work for FBI
After the time he was in prison, Frank comeback to America. However, with the record of his crimes, no one want to hired him. At last, FBI ask him to work there. Because Frank was familiar with the fake checks and IDs, he helps FBI catch a lot of people.
