Abagnale Timeline by Marlen Vargas https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h Marlen Vargas en-us 2022-02-09 19:55:17 UTC 2022-02-11 04:21:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2764.png Born in 1948 and lived a life of deception 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041679530 2022-02-11 04:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041679530 when he was sixteen his first con victim was his father 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041681651 2022-02-11 04:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041681651 The rest of Abagnale's dirty tricks were around cashing personal checks for money that wasn't in his bank account. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041682916 2022-02-11 04:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041682916 The size and intricacy of Abagnale's frauds expanded. Over time, he honed his skills and invented a number of bank-frauding methods. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041684860 2022-02-11 04:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041684860 Pan Am estimates that between the ages of 16 and 18, Abagnale used his fraudulent pilot identity to fly on almost 250 flights to 26 destinations. During this time, he also slept in motels and had the majority of his meals billed to the airline. He never flew a plane himself, but was always "deadheading" or assisting the flight's principal pilot. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041689560 2022-02-11 04:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041689560 Another ambitious false identity Abagnale adopted was that of a doctor; he pretended to be a top resident pediatrician in a Georgia hospital for over a year. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041691633 crazy ]]> 2022-02-11 04:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041691633 In 1969, Abagnale was apprehended in France after an Air France flight attendant he had previously dated recognized him and alerted the authorities. When the French police detained him, he was facing fraud charges in 12 other nations. He was deported to the United States, but he managed to flee the jet as it taxiied down the runway at JFK International Airport in New York. He was apprehended in Canada and turned over to the United States Border Patrol. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041693640 wow]]> 2022-02-11 04:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041693640 Abagnale is said to have escaped from the Federal Detention Center in Atlanta, Georgia, in April 1971, while awaiting trial. He was apprehended and imprisoned once more, and the United States federal government freed him in 1974 after he had spent less than five years of his 12-year sentence on the condition that he assist the federal government in investigating fraud offences. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041694659 2022-02-11 04:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041694659 Abagnale has appeared in a number of TV series as a celebrity con man since his release from prison. Catch Me If You Can, based on Abagnale's life story, was published in 1980. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041695966 2022-02-11 04:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041695966 The book was made into a 2002 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale, directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie was a commercial and critical blockbuster, and the real Abagnale liked it. Frank has been happily married for 26 years, has three sons, lives in the Midwest, has apprehended some of the world's most elusive money forgers, and, while not receiving any money from the film's revenues, Abagnale earns millions of dollars each year from his job generating unforgeable checks. 599443 https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041697889 2022-02-11 04:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/599443/x76dhsvwufcyhp0h/wish/2041697889