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In this economy, when even the clubs are feeling the heat, this mumu boy still went to a nightclub in Benin. He spent ₦4.5 million, then called a money changer to bring another ₦2.9 million. He used the money to carry a girl to a nearby hotel for a short time. After finishing, he paid the girl with the cash. But when it was time to settle the hotel bill the guy had nothing left😂 Pure madness. Rumor has it that he just came out from Jail in Benin.
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In this economy, when even the clubs are feeling the heat, this mumu boy still went to a nightclub in Benin. He spent ₦4.5 million, then called a money changer to bring another ₦2.9 million. He used the money to carry a girl to a nearby hotel for a short time. After finishing, he paid the girl with the cash. But when it was time to settle the hotel bill the guy had nothing left😂 Pure madness. Rumor has it that he just came out from Jail in Benin.

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This guy faked being a pilot, doctor, and lawyer before he turned 21 and made millions before the FBI hired him. Frank Abagnale grew up broke and angry after watching his parents marriage fall apart At 16 he ran away from home with nothing but charm and a dangerous amount of confidence He figured out early that people don’t question a uniform So he called Pan Am, told them he was a pilot who lost his badge, and they just… mailed him one For two years he flew free around the world, sitting in cockpits, getting hotel rooms paid for, eating for free. He never actually flew a plane once Then he got bored and became a doctor in Georgia Then a lawyer in Louisiana Then a professor Every single role based on nothing but eye contact and a straight face He cashed fake checks in 26 countries for years before anyone connected the dots When they finally caught him he was 21 years old and facing prison time across multiple continents But here’s the part nobody talks about He wasn’t just a criminal, He was the most naturally gifted social engineer anyone had ever seen. The FBI knew it too So instead of burying him they handed him a job He spent the next 35 years teaching the government every trick he used against the The kid who ran away at 16 with nothing ended up in a boardroom consulting for the FBI Trauma, survival instincts, and zero options will make a person find ways.
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This guy faked being a pilot, doctor, and lawyer before he turned 21 and made millions before the FBI hired him. Frank Abagnale grew up broke and angry after watching his parents marriage fall apart At 16 he ran away from home with nothing but charm and a dangerous amount of confidence He figured out early that people don’t question a uniform So he called Pan Am, told them he was a pilot who lost his badge, and they just… mailed him one For two years he flew free around the world, sitting in cockpits, getting hotel rooms paid for, eating for free. He never actually flew a plane once Then he got bored and became a doctor in Georgia Then a lawyer in Louisiana Then a professor Every single role based on nothing but eye contact and a straight face He cashed fake checks in 26 countries for years before anyone connected the dots When they finally caught him he was 21 years old and facing prison time across multiple continents But here’s the part nobody talks about He wasn’t just a criminal, He was the most naturally gifted social engineer anyone had ever seen. The FBI knew it too So instead of burying him they handed him a job He spent the next 35 years teaching the government every trick he used against the The kid who ran away at 16 with nothing ended up in a boardroom consulting for the FBI Trauma, survival instincts, and zero options will make a person find ways.

Uzi

1,329,140 views • 4 months ago

He spent 10 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now his innocence has been confirmed but how can the government repay those lost years?
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He spent 10 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Now his innocence has been confirmed but how can the government repay those lost years?

FlickFreak_

24,116 views • 3 months ago

Jeff Evely dutifully served Canada for two decades in Afghanistan, Iraq, and even NORAD in the U.S. He said his fight today was simply an extension of that mission—defending freedom. What struck him hardest was watching his “own country fall to tyranny.” For Jeff, the fine for walking in the woods isn’t about the money. The fine symbolizes a betrayal of the very freedoms he has spent his life protecting. According to Jeff, his actions were a matter of civic duty. He is “happy to rise to the occasion.” Not simply for an act of civil disobedience, but a soldier once again standing guard, only this time against his own government.
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Jeff Evely dutifully served Canada for two decades in Afghanistan, Iraq, and even NORAD in the U.S. He said his fight today was simply an extension of that mission—defending freedom. What struck him hardest was watching his “own country fall to tyranny.” For Jeff, the fine for walking in the woods isn’t about the money. The fine symbolizes a betrayal of the very freedoms he has spent his life protecting. According to Jeff, his actions were a matter of civic duty. He is “happy to rise to the occasion.” Not simply for an act of civil disobedience, but a soldier once again standing guard, only this time against his own government.

Vigilant Fox 🦊

30,983 views • 11 months ago

Alex Hormozi is worth over $100 million. ten years ago he was sleeping on the floor of his own gym, eating canned tuna, and showering at the YMCA he had a Vanderbilt degree and a safe consulting job. he quit it, drove across the country, and opened a gym -> then nearly went bankrupt. by 26 he was back at zero then it clicked: he wasn't in the gym business. he was in the business of fixing gyms. so he sold all six of his and started licensing his system to other owners that company, Gym Launch, made $17 million in profit in its first year -> with $0 spent on ads. he scaled it to 4,500 gyms across 13 countries, then sold it for $46.2 million the day that deal closed, he started Acquisition..com -> today a portfolio doing over $200 million a year the strange part: he gives the entire playbook away for free. no course, no paywall. his bet is that attention is worth more than the secret his whole story, in one interview, bookmark this ↓
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Alex Hormozi is worth over $100 million. ten years ago he was sleeping on the floor of his own gym, eating canned tuna, and showering at the YMCA he had a Vanderbilt degree and a safe consulting job. he quit it, drove across the country, and opened a gym -> then nearly went bankrupt. by 26 he was back at zero then it clicked: he wasn't in the gym business. he was in the business of fixing gyms. so he sold all six of his and started licensing his system to other owners that company, Gym Launch, made $17 million in profit in its first year -> with $0 spent on ads. he scaled it to 4,500 gyms across 13 countries, then sold it for $46.2 million the day that deal closed, he started Acquisition..com -> today a portfolio doing over $200 million a year the strange part: he gives the entire playbook away for free. no course, no paywall. his bet is that attention is worth more than the secret his whole story, in one interview, bookmark this ↓

Ridark

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JUST IN 🛑 Man on Death Row for 16 Years Begs Nigerians for Help in Viral Prison Video Ikechukwu Collins, a man currently serving on death row, has taken to social media from his prison cell to plead for justice. He says he has spent over 16 years in custody for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Collins was named an accomplice in the murder of a monarch in Nkanu LGA, Enugu State. In the video, he narrates his side of the case and asks Nigerians to intervene so he can regain his freedom.

King Hezekiah 👑

54,641 views • 1 month ago

Kanel Joseph was on the verge of purchasing a $1.5 million home until the seller discovered he hadn’t paid taxes in over four years and pulled out of the deal 😭 his only chance of securing the property is by making a cash offer.
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Kanel Joseph was on the verge of purchasing a $1.5 million home until the seller discovered he hadn’t paid taxes in over four years and pulled out of the deal 😭 his only chance of securing the property is by making a cash offer.

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175,492 views • 1 month ago

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A New Jersey construction worker secretly claimed a $24 MILLION lottery jackpot without telling his coworkers. He had been buying tickets together with them for years as a group. He told them he was taking time off work for foot surgery. He had actually quit to collect his winnings. A year later they found out. – Americo Lopes was a Portuguese immigrant living in Elizabeth New Jersey. – He worked as a construction worker and had been buying Mega Millions lottery tickets every week as part of a five-man work syndicate with his colleagues for years. – In November 2009 he claimed a $38.5 MILLION Mega Millions jackpot and chose the lump sum payout of $24 MILLION after taxes. – He told his coworkers he needed foot surgery and would be taking time off work. He never went back. – For nearly a year none of his coworkers knew what had happened to him. – Then one of them discovered the truth – Lopes had claimed the jackpot that their group had won together and kept every dollar. – Five coworkers sued him in 2010. They provided evidence in court of their longstanding arrangement to pool money and split any winnings equally. The group had been playing together for years. – Lopes argued the winning ticket was purchased with his own personal money and had nothing to do with the syndicate. He said the group arrangement had ended before the winning draw. – The jury did not believe him. They ruled in favour of his five coworkers and ordered Lopes to hand over $20 MILLION, leaving him with just $4 MILLION of his original $24 MILLION payout. – He had also already spent a significant portion. – He had bought a million-dollar home and moved out of his working class Elizabeth neighbourhood within weeks of the win. – His coworkers each received approximately $4 MILLION after the court order. A construction worker secretly claimed a $24 MILLION jackpot his work group had won together, told his colleagues he needed foot surgery, and quietly moved into a million dollar house. A jury gave $20 MILLION of it back to the people he stole it from.

Aisar

2,538,074 views • 12 days ago

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15 years of a man's life just to watch a plastic wheel turn from 999999 to 0. He drove 195km every single day for 14 years just to reach the 1,000,000km milestone. But the machine is indifferent to his devotion, it has no seventh digit! At the exact moment he achieves his life's goal, the life told him he’s back at the beginning. There is a cruel, Kafkaesque joke hidden in this dashboard. A man pours a decade and a half of his soul into a machine, tending to its engine like a living thing, all to reach the summit of a million. But as he arrives, the mechanical god he served refuses to acknowledge the weight of his journey. In the cold logic of the analog drum, a million is indistinguishable from zero. He didn't reach a destination, he simply exhausted the machine's ability to count his struggle. He is Sisyphus at the top of the hill, watching the stone roll back to 000000, left with nothing but a tired engine and the silence of the road.

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Dean Cage, a man from Chicago, Illinois, was wrongfully convicted of rape. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison but served 12 years in prison and 2 years in jail awaiting trial. Dr. Phil heard his story and invited Dean and his accuser onto the show, where Loretta Zilinger apologized to him, and he accepted. He’s better than most. His life was ruined. He had to fight for his life in prison all those years, yet he still accepted her apology. In 2009, Illinois awarded him about $170,000 in state compensation for wrongful incarceration. Later, in December 2014, the City of Chicago approved a federal civil rights settlement for roughly $7.6 million to resolve his lawsuit. His accuser was never held accountable. Could you accept the apology?

Daphne

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The biggest Alzheimer's research scandal in 20 years was fraudulent. In 2003, a French neuroscientist named Sylvain Lesné published a paper in Nature claiming he'd found the real cause of Alzheimer's. The paper got cited 2,300 times. He got a $7 million grant. The NIH spent $300 million a year for 20 years funding research built on it. In 2022, scientists discovered the images in his paper were fake. Labs around the world had spent two decades trying to replicate his results and never could He didn't resign until 2024. Pharmaceutical companies built drug trials on top of his lie. None of those drugs are working. — Louisa Nicola (Louisa Nicola) on the Shawn Ryan’s (Shawn Ryan Show) podcast
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The biggest Alzheimer's research scandal in 20 years was fraudulent. In 2003, a French neuroscientist named Sylvain Lesné published a paper in Nature claiming he'd found the real cause of Alzheimer's. The paper got cited 2,300 times. He got a $7 million grant. The NIH spent $300 million a year for 20 years funding research built on it. In 2022, scientists discovered the images in his paper were fake. Labs around the world had spent two decades trying to replicate his results and never could He didn't resign until 2024. Pharmaceutical companies built drug trials on top of his lie. None of those drugs are working. — Louisa Nicola (Louisa Nicola) on the Shawn Ryan’s (Shawn Ryan Show) podcast

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11,638 views • 2 months ago

This man’s daughter needed an ambulance ride, when he received the bill for $600 from the ambulance service, being a hectic situation they didn’t have his insurance card at the time so after he got the bill in the mail he resubmitted with his insurance information thinking that would cover the $600 however instead of getting a receipt in the mail he got a bill for more than double the original amount $1300, the bill was actually even higher it was $2342.17 and his insurance only paid $1000😳 When paying $10 K and insurance premium over the course of the year gets you less than half of your bill paid and someone without insurance only gets a bill for $600… Make it make sense🙄
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This man’s daughter needed an ambulance ride, when he received the bill for $600 from the ambulance service, being a hectic situation they didn’t have his insurance card at the time so after he got the bill in the mail he resubmitted with his insurance information thinking that would cover the $600 however instead of getting a receipt in the mail he got a bill for more than double the original amount $1300, the bill was actually even higher it was $2342.17 and his insurance only paid $1000😳 When paying $10 K and insurance premium over the course of the year gets you less than half of your bill paid and someone without insurance only gets a bill for $600… Make it make sense🙄

ℳ𝒜𝒢𝒜_𝒳_𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒩𝑒𝓌𝓈🇺🇸

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“The degree of cruelty of the organ harvesting is beyond imagination.” Born and raised in China, Raymond Zhang knew the CCP’s brutal history. But in 2006, he uncovered a state secret that shocked him to his core. His documentary StateOrgansFilm shares the stories of victims of the CCP’s state organ harvesting operation. One victim was just 17 years old. “Since he was under 18, his parents spent about 10,000 Chinese yuan to get him into the army, and hoped he could get a better job opportunity in the future.” “Because he was from the countryside, he didn’t know how to please or bribe his supervisor.” “He got [in] a conflict with his officer and was put into a military jail.” “His blood type matched that of a high-level military officer, so the army decided to kill this boy for his two kidneys and one eyeball.” “His parents will probably never know what happened to their kid.”
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“The degree of cruelty of the organ harvesting is beyond imagination.” Born and raised in China, Raymond Zhang knew the CCP’s brutal history. But in 2006, he uncovered a state secret that shocked him to his core. His documentary StateOrgansFilm shares the stories of victims of the CCP’s state organ harvesting operation. One victim was just 17 years old. “Since he was under 18, his parents spent about 10,000 Chinese yuan to get him into the army, and hoped he could get a better job opportunity in the future.” “Because he was from the countryside, he didn’t know how to please or bribe his supervisor.” “He got [in] a conflict with his officer and was put into a military jail.” “His blood type matched that of a high-level military officer, so the army decided to kill this boy for his two kidneys and one eyeball.” “His parents will probably never know what happened to their kid.”

Jan Jekielek

34,752 views • 5 months ago

A Norwegian student spent $26 on Bitcoin in 2009 and forgot the password. He cracked it 4 years later. His $26 was worth $886,000. – In 2009 Kristoffer Koch was a 22-year-old student in Norway writing his thesis on encryption and digital privacy. – He stumbled across Bitcoin while researching. Almost no one outside forums had heard of it. – He spent 150 Norwegian kroner about $26.60 and bought 5,000 Bitcoin at less than half a cent each. – Then he forgot about it entirely. – Four years passed. – In April 2013 Bitcoin was suddenly everywhere on the news. The price had exploded past $100. – He vaguely remembered buying some once. He could not find the password. – He spent weeks trying to crack it. – When he finally got in he stared at the screen for a long time. – His 5,000 Bitcoins were now worth $886,000. – He sold exactly one fifth of them 1,000 coins for around $177,000. – He used the money to buy an apartment in Toyen, one of Oslo's most sought-after neighbourhoods. – He kept the other 4,000 Bitcoin. – He told reporters: "It said I had 5,000 Bitcoin and I just thought oh wow." – He had written a university thesis on encryption. His reward for understanding it slightly earlier than everyone else was a free apartment. – The $26.60 he spent in 2009 would be worth over $450 million today. A Norwegian student forgot he owned Bitcoin. Cracked the password 4 years later, sold a fifth of it, and bought an apartment with the proceeds. He kept the rest.
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A Norwegian student spent $26 on Bitcoin in 2009 and forgot the password. He cracked it 4 years later. His $26 was worth $886,000. – In 2009 Kristoffer Koch was a 22-year-old student in Norway writing his thesis on encryption and digital privacy. – He stumbled across Bitcoin while researching. Almost no one outside forums had heard of it. – He spent 150 Norwegian kroner about $26.60 and bought 5,000 Bitcoin at less than half a cent each. – Then he forgot about it entirely. – Four years passed. – In April 2013 Bitcoin was suddenly everywhere on the news. The price had exploded past $100. – He vaguely remembered buying some once. He could not find the password. – He spent weeks trying to crack it. – When he finally got in he stared at the screen for a long time. – His 5,000 Bitcoins were now worth $886,000. – He sold exactly one fifth of them 1,000 coins for around $177,000. – He used the money to buy an apartment in Toyen, one of Oslo's most sought-after neighbourhoods. – He kept the other 4,000 Bitcoin. – He told reporters: "It said I had 5,000 Bitcoin and I just thought oh wow." – He had written a university thesis on encryption. His reward for understanding it slightly earlier than everyone else was a free apartment. – The $26.60 he spent in 2009 would be worth over $450 million today. A Norwegian student forgot he owned Bitcoin. Cracked the password 4 years later, sold a fifth of it, and bought an apartment with the proceeds. He kept the rest.

Aisar

209,406 views • 2 months ago

Mark "Chopper" Read was a central figure in the Australian criminal underworld from the 1970s through the 1990s. Operating primarily in Melbourne, he spent 23 years in prison for offenses including armed robbery, kidnapping, and assault. He claimed to have been involved in the deaths of 19 people, though he was never convicted of murder. He became widely known for arranging to have his own ears cut off by a fellow inmate to avoid a prison attack. Following his release, he transitioned into a best-selling author of crime memoirs and children's books. His life story served as the basis for the 2000 film Chopper, which brought his reputation to a global audience.
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Mark "Chopper" Read was a central figure in the Australian criminal underworld from the 1970s through the 1990s. Operating primarily in Melbourne, he spent 23 years in prison for offenses including armed robbery, kidnapping, and assault. He claimed to have been involved in the deaths of 19 people, though he was never convicted of murder. He became widely known for arranging to have his own ears cut off by a fellow inmate to avoid a prison attack. Following his release, he transitioned into a best-selling author of crime memoirs and children's books. His life story served as the basis for the 2000 film Chopper, which brought his reputation to a global audience.

Dr. Lemma

720,983 views • 6 months ago

HE STOLE $23 MILLION FROM THE HOMELESS TO BUY A MANSION. ​We always asked: "Where is all the money going?" Now we know. ​Meet Alexander Soofer, the Executive Director of the charity "Abundant Blessings." His job was to feed and house the homeless in Los Angeles. Instead, federal prosecutors say he stole $10 MILLION of taxpayer money to fund his own lavish lifestyle. ​The Shopping List (Paid for by Taxpayers): ​A $7 Million Mansion in Westwood. ​A $475,000 Vacation Home in Greece. ​A $125,000 Range Rover. ​Private school tuition for his kids. ​Private jets and luxury resort stays. ​ While he was flying private, the indictment says he was feeding the homeless people in his care nothing but Ramen noodles and canned beans instead of the nutritious meals he billed the city for. ​He allegedly forged invoices, stole logos from real companies, and lied to auditors for years. ​ He was arrested yesterday (Jan 23) by the new Homelessness Fraud Task Force. He is facing 20 years in federal prison. ​This is what happens when you finally audit the "non-profits." ​Do you think this is just the tip of the iceberg for homeless charities?
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HE STOLE $23 MILLION FROM THE HOMELESS TO BUY A MANSION. ​We always asked: "Where is all the money going?" Now we know. ​Meet Alexander Soofer, the Executive Director of the charity "Abundant Blessings." His job was to feed and house the homeless in Los Angeles. Instead, federal prosecutors say he stole $10 MILLION of taxpayer money to fund his own lavish lifestyle. ​The Shopping List (Paid for by Taxpayers): ​A $7 Million Mansion in Westwood. ​A $475,000 Vacation Home in Greece. ​A $125,000 Range Rover. ​Private school tuition for his kids. ​Private jets and luxury resort stays. ​ While he was flying private, the indictment says he was feeding the homeless people in his care nothing but Ramen noodles and canned beans instead of the nutritious meals he billed the city for. ​He allegedly forged invoices, stole logos from real companies, and lied to auditors for years. ​ He was arrested yesterday (Jan 23) by the new Homelessness Fraud Task Force. He is facing 20 years in federal prison. ​This is what happens when you finally audit the "non-profits." ​Do you think this is just the tip of the iceberg for homeless charities?

Desiree

541,430 views • 6 months ago

Monet only spent a few weeks in Venice in 1908, but the light in the city completely caught him off guard. He was 68, tired, and swore he wasn’t going to paint… then he saw the canals and ended up creating some of the softest, dreamiest works of his late life.
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Monet only spent a few weeks in Venice in 1908, but the light in the city completely caught him off guard. He was 68, tired, and swore he wasn’t going to paint… then he saw the canals and ended up creating some of the softest, dreamiest works of his late life.

Muse

27,318 views • 1 month ago

A man invented a $2.5 MILLION crime spree, sold it to Hollywood and charged $30,000 per speech to explain how he did it. It was all lies. > Frank Abagnale claimed he spent 5 years as a teenage fugitive. > Impersonating a Pan Am pilot, a Harvard trained doctor and a Louisiana attorney general while forging $2.5 MILLION in bad checks across 26 countries. > Steven Spielberg turned it into a 2002 blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. > It became one of the highest grossing films of that year. > Broadway turned it into a musical. > The FBI hired him as a consultant. > AARP named him their official Fraud Watch Ambassador. > He charged between $20,000 and $30,000 per speaking engagement for decades telling audiences how he pulled it all off. > For 40 years nobody seriously questioned any of it. > Then in 2020 a journalist named Alan Logan spent three years pulling every public record prison document newspaper archive and court file he could find. > Pan Am's own security department told a journalist as early as 1978 "This never happened. You don't forget $2.5 MILLION in bad checks." > Prison records showed Abagnale was behind bars for most of the years he claimed to be a fugitive. > The Georgia hospital had no record of him. > The Louisiana attorney general's office had no record of him. > His only confirmed crime was check fraud totalling less than $1,500. > Logan's conclusion the entire story was not embellished but fabricated. > Abagnale had not committed the con by impersonating pilots and doctors. > He committed it by convincing Hollywood, the FBI and the entire world that he had. The most valuable skill Frank Abagnale ever had was the ability to make people so entertained by a story that they forgot to verify it. That skill made him MILLIONS legally.
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A man invented a $2.5 MILLION crime spree, sold it to Hollywood and charged $30,000 per speech to explain how he did it. It was all lies. > Frank Abagnale claimed he spent 5 years as a teenage fugitive. > Impersonating a Pan Am pilot, a Harvard trained doctor and a Louisiana attorney general while forging $2.5 MILLION in bad checks across 26 countries. > Steven Spielberg turned it into a 2002 blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. > It became one of the highest grossing films of that year. > Broadway turned it into a musical. > The FBI hired him as a consultant. > AARP named him their official Fraud Watch Ambassador. > He charged between $20,000 and $30,000 per speaking engagement for decades telling audiences how he pulled it all off. > For 40 years nobody seriously questioned any of it. > Then in 2020 a journalist named Alan Logan spent three years pulling every public record prison document newspaper archive and court file he could find. > Pan Am's own security department told a journalist as early as 1978 "This never happened. You don't forget $2.5 MILLION in bad checks." > Prison records showed Abagnale was behind bars for most of the years he claimed to be a fugitive. > The Georgia hospital had no record of him. > The Louisiana attorney general's office had no record of him. > His only confirmed crime was check fraud totalling less than $1,500. > Logan's conclusion the entire story was not embellished but fabricated. > Abagnale had not committed the con by impersonating pilots and doctors. > He committed it by convincing Hollywood, the FBI and the entire world that he had. The most valuable skill Frank Abagnale ever had was the ability to make people so entertained by a story that they forgot to verify it. That skill made him MILLIONS legally.

Jeremy

1,970,348 views • 2 months ago