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Frank Forged A Career Out Of His Prison Escape

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Frank Abagnale got his start as a teenage con-man and became notorious for his acts. He also forged a future legal career out of his troubled past. Abagnale escaped from a Federal Detention Center in Atlanta, Georgia after convincing the guards that he was an inspector and not a prisoner.

A U.S. Marshall had forgotten his detention papers, so they believed him, and Abagnale was let go after several weeks of gaining their trust. Frank walked out of prison and was free for two months before he was caught in Washington D.C. He served his time in prison and was later paroled. Now, he advises the FBI on white-collar crime. In 2002, Steven Spielberg made a movie about his life starring Leonardo DiCaprio called Catch Me If You Can.