Parks is a former Delta Airlines flight attendant who knew Abagnale before he started publicizing his life, while Zinder served as Abagnale’s booking agent during the late 1970s/early 1980s. In addition to mining court records, newspaper accounts, and other documentary evidence, Logan’s key informants when writing the book were Paula Parks and Mark Zinder, both of whom were well placed to know the “real” Abagnale. What’s more, rather than being a loveable rogue who limited himself to victimless crimes, Logan asserts that Abagnale was always out for what he could get, never caring who got hurt along the way. Logan exposes Abagnale’s greatest deception and proves that while he was certainly a conman, he was not the master criminal he pretends to have been. But what if Abagnale’s confession is the real con?

According to the film, he was so good at check fraud he was recruited by the FBI. The film depicts the extraordinary exploits of Abagnale from the launch of his criminal career through to his impersonations of various professionals and onto his eventual imprisonment.

The result is a fast-paced drama filled with heroes, villains, mystery and intrigue, answered with unquestionable facts and official records-all definitively disproving Abagnale's longstanding claims of roaming the world as a 'teenage millionaire imposter' and working for the District Attorney in Baton Rouge.Ĭatch Me If You Can, the 2002 film directed by Steven Spielberg, is a semi-autobiographical thriller based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., a self-confessed conman. Their stories are now exquisitely woven into a tapestry of hard evidence and insights from his former manager, Mark Zinder. Self-proclaimed as 'the world's greatest con man,' the true dimensions of Abagnale's hoax are revealed for the first time in this dramatic true story.Ī shocking new reality emerges through the voices of victims, their families, and others who have seen the truth concealed by decades of deception. Abagnale's story has captured the imagination of audiences around the world as a modern-day folk hero-but the truth could not be more different from the fictitious autobiography he sold to Hollywood. Award-winning author unmasks the myth of Frank 'Catch Me If You Can' Abagnale with meticulous research and the voices of those who know the truth.In 1969, For decades, Frank W.

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