to live his life in anonymity and peace – and keeps the early years of his life firmly in the foreground of American culture. Those years might have a fascinating excitement but ABAGNALE knows better than anyone else that they were more than pomp and glamour.
YOUTH His youth was shaped by isolation and the fear of getting caught amidst people who were older than him. When he was young, Abagnale quickly realised that being a couple of years older would secure him better work with higher wages. In 1964 , he changed the age on his New York SISTER-MAG.COM
driver's licence from 16 to 26. His height and a few premature grey hairs made the lie believable. This sham marked the beginning of Frank Abagnale’s criminal career and it didn’t take long for him to quit his small day jobs in order to become a top-class forger of cheques and documents. Today, the spark and joy in Frank Abagnale’s life no longer come from criminal activities as a professional fraud. After founding his company, »ABAGNALE AND ASSOCIATES« , the husband and father likes to focus on his family and business. A quick look at his past makes it clear why he enjoys these things so much: when he was only 16, his parents, PAULETTE and FRANK SENIOR, got divorced. When faced with the decision of choosing a guardian, Frank instead ran
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