Catch Me If You Can’ inspiration, Frank Abagnale, talks about fraud at a crypto forum
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Former fraudster turned security consultant Frank Abagnale, whose fascinating story was told in Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed movie “Catch Me If You Can,” delved into digital fraud during a major crypto forum in Dubai, UAE. Abagnale, the real-life inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio’s leading role in the crime comedy-drama film, lectured attendees of the conference this week in an exclusive meeting with members of the finance and crypto industries. American con artist talks cybersecurity at Russian crypto forum In his presentation, the once convicted felon, who forged bank checks and other documents in his youth while faking identities, provided a thorough analysis of modern digital fraud schemes and vulnerabilities in common online practices, sharing his recommendations for protecting personal data. The lecture, titled “Catch the Legend,” gathered around 100 representatives of business circles, finance, and the crypto sector, including major digital asset exchanges, the Russian business news outlet RBC reported on Saturday. Abagnale was invited as the speaker in the first of the new RBC Global Talks, a format meeting guests with world experts and opinion leaders in various fields. It was organized as a side event of the international Blockchain Life 2025 forum, held in Dubai. This was the 15th anniversary edition of the conference, Russia’s most significant international crypto gathering, which aims to connect Russian-speaking and global crypto communities. Among the headlines it produced this year was Pavel Durov’s unveiling of a new decentralized computing platform called Cocoon, meant as an alternative to centralized cloud services such as Google Cloud and Amazon AWS. According to the tech entrepreneur, founder and owner of the popular in the crypto space messenger Telegram, the AI services of today are heavily dependent on centralized providers that can access, collect, and exploit users’ personal data. Abagnale doesn’t keep cryptocurrency and has no social media accounts…
