The United States V. Frank Abagnale Case Brief

There is no one name for the case of Frank Abagnale. He was tried in France, Sweden, Italy, and then finally the United States. Therefore, it is reasonable to call the case The United States versus Frank Abagnale. He was accused of bank fraud, identity fraud, and professional con artist. A great criminal always starts young. In Abagnale’s case, his first con was a fifteen years old. He scammed his father out of thousands of dollars. Initially his father had given him his credit card for car purchases. Abagnale used the card to acquire money from gas station attendees. He later ran away in result of his parent’s divorce. He thought of several cons just to survive. The greater crimes came later in life. Frank Abagnale targeted the bank by opening several bank accounts under false names. Once the money was overdrawn he would abandon the bank and disappear. He then went on to impersonate several people;

His trial was not a very long because they had been chasing him for years and tracking his activities. So, the FBI already had their evidence against Abagnale. The plaintiff in this court proceeding was none other than than the United States itself because he had committed federal crimes. The defendant was Frank Abagnale Jr. The decision was quite clear. He was found guilty on multiple counts of forgery. However, he countered that he simply made fake checks and that they were not forged. Regardless, they still found him guilty and sentenced him to twelve years in a federal prison, Federal Correction Institution, in Petersburg, Virginia. However, he only served four years before he was paroled and was offered to help assist the Federal Bureau of Investigations in identifying and capturing other criminals. Specifically the one’s who were forging checks since that is what Abagnale knew best. He was not offered pay for his work but he still continued to help