Frank Abagnale, who evolved from being a brilliant young mastermind of international deception and fraud into one of the world's most respected authorities on forgery and embezzlement, told life story before a sold-out Forum Club of the Palm Beaches audience at the November luncheon.

His intercontinental saga prompted Steven Spielberg's into turning Abagnale's life into the movie Catch Me If You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio. After serving time in French, Swedish and American prisons, Abagnale has spent the past 35 years working with the FBI. More than 14,000 financial institutions, corporations and law enforcement agencies use his fraud prevention programs.