Frank Abagnale, Jr is an American security consultant known for his history as a former confidence trickster, check forger, and impostor between the ages of 15 and 21. You may ask, " How did he become a security consultant after such a conniving past ?" but we will get to that later. The victim of Frank Abagnale's first con at the age of fifteen was surprisingly his own father. He attained a bill of $3,400 on a gasoline card given to him by his father by buying car related items to spruce up his car. He went on to write personal checks on his overdrawn account, depositing fake payroll checks, and getting other people's deposits sent to his account instead. During this fraudulent period in his life, Abagnale impersonated an airplane pilot, teaching assistant, doctor, and an attorney. During the span of several captures and escapes, he ultimately served six months in French prison, six months in Swedish prison and four years in the United States prison. In 1974, after he had served less than five years of his 12-year sentence at Federal Corrections Institute facility in Petersburg, Virginia, the United States federal government released him on the condition that he help the federal authorities, without pay, to investigate crimes committed by fraud and scam artists, and sign in once a week. Abagnale went on to found Abagnale & Associates which advises companies on fraud protection. Frank Abagnale, Jr. is one of the mOst famous impostors ever an his life inspired the movie, Catch Me If You Can.
Everyone has their own opinion on religion and they are just that, opinions. You may grow up following one thing and later in life convert, or just reject religion altogether.There a many different reasons why Muslims convert to Christianity. Some married into the faith. Some of the converts no longer believed in the Koran. Others said they had had visions or dreams of Jesus Christ. And others felt the Christian message of God becoming a man was more compelling than their faith. These converts face all kinds of dangers for having left Islam which includes ostracism from family members and friends, kidnappings and even death threats. According to Islamic law as practiced in countries such as Iran, Sudan, Pakistan and in northern regions of Nigeria, the penalty for changing one's religion is execution.Most of these converts keep their new affiliation secret, as Islam considers those who leave the faith to be apostates. Here in the United States, people who have converted to Christianity are regularly harassed. Their families shun them and they receive tons of death threats. Employees try to get them fired and taxi drivers stalk them.In some cases these people are all alone with no one to talk to.I do not find this surprising because religion is a touchy subject for some. Also, the United States is not like any other country. Therefore, things are handled totally different than they are here. I personally believe that everyone should be able to decide what religion they want to follow.
Taylor believes that money may be the root of all evil, but only if you're not honest about what it means to you. It has a wonderful power to bring people together as well as tear them apart and you can not escape from it. He also stated that money can never truly buy happiness, especially if you're unhappy to begin with. Furthermore, being rich does not make you smart - especially about things other than money. I completely agree with him and I would answer these the same way. Money is essential to life and as long as you don't let it over power you, everything will be just fine. Nothing in life is free and you have to work for whatever you want. This is why we have jobs to earn money so that we can support our family. Some people live paycheck to paycheck while others live without care. With that being said, it is important to know that greed can affect you no matter your social class. Lower class just wants to get their head above water. This leads to crimes such as drug dealing, robbery, and stealing. The people in the elite social class can feel the need for more money. To them, there will never be enough. This is where the schemes come into play. As a result, people tend to believe that the biggest crooks are the ones in suits and ties. In conclusion, money itself is not evil. It all depends on who you view money and what you do with it. |