Frank William Abagnale: The most intelligent criminal in history Frank William Abagnale was born in 1948, he carried out his criminal activities between the ages of 16 and 21. Within this period, he forged his driver’s license to seem ten years older, and then opened several bank accounts using different identities. In order to remove suspicion while cashing his forged checks, he decided to become a pilot. He forged a pilot’s license and an employee ID. He forged $2.5 million worth of bank checks across 26 countries he had flown to as a pilot. Shortly...