SHOW NEWS: Movie Subject Abagnale to Keynote at STAFDA

John Wolz

Frank Abagnale, the subject of Steven Spielberg�s �Catch Me If You Can� movie, will be the keynote speaker at the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association annual convention.
STAFDA�s 27th annual convention will be November 2-4, 2003, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.\
Abagnale�s autobiography tells how he became a millionaire by age 21 using dubious means including impersonating a pediatric doctor, an attorney, a sociology professor, a stockbroker and an FBI agent.
Abagnale cashed $4 million in fraudulent checks and was the youngest person to make the FBI�s 10 Most Wanted List. He was imprisoned in U.S., French and Swedish prisons before being released in 1974 and on parole until 1981. Abagnale, now 54, also made restitution.
Abagnale is now an authority on forgery, embezzlement and secure documents. More than 14,000 financial institutions have sent employees to his fraud prevention workshops. He will give STAFDA members advice on preventing a �young Frank Abagnale from stealing a company blind.�
In the recently released movie Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Abagnale, and Tom Hanks is the FBI agent assigned to catch him.
For information contact STAFDA, P.O. Box 44, Elm Grove, WI 53122. Tel: 262 784-4774 or 800 352-2981 Fax 262 784-5059 E-mail: info@stafda.org Web: stafda.org �FastenerNews.com