Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

The world’s most publicized financial fraudster talks about RFID’s dual role

Friday, August 1, 2003 in Library

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Frank Abignale, the man whose teenage years were chronicled in the book and subsequent Steven Speilberg movie, Catch Me If You Can. Mr. Abignale is considered by many to be among the most creative financial crime, forgery, and bank fraud expert to have lived. And he accomplished most of his crimes before the age of 21. For more than 30 years, he has worked for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) helping them to catch those commiting financial and e-commerce crimes. He also has developed an array of technologies that make it more difficult for forgers to create counterfeit documents.

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