‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied about his lifetime of lies

Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by IIAOPSW on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:24PM (#35221956)

So how did he cheat the Louisiana state Bar?

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by notmindthegap on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:30PM (#35222013)

chatgpt

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by solveit on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:53PM (#35222217)

People have looked very hard, and there is not a shred of evidence that Abagnale passed the Louisiana bar exam other than his own claims.

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by cal85 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:56PM (#35222241)

Wait, is there not evidence that he practised as a lawyer?

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by Rebelgecko on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:57PM (#35222243)

He didn't, the lawyer stuff was a fabrication

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Re:‘Catch Me If You Can’ conman Frank Abagnale Jr. lied abou... by IIAOPSW on Sunday March 19, 2023 @05:19PM (#35223767)

Just to be sure everyone gets it I'll come out and say, I'm referencing a minor plot point towards the end of the movie based on him. There's a sequence where the main investigator keeps trying to get him to tell how he cheated the bar and he keeps refusing to say. Later on, as in years later, he finally reveals the trick. "I didn't cheat, I studied it."

It seemed fitting given what we now know about how little he actually cheated.

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