The world-famous former con artist and bestselling author of Catch Me If You Can now reveals the mind-boggling tricks of the scam trade—with advice that has made him one of America's most sought-after fraud-prevention experts.

In his celebrated bestseller Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale recounted his youthful career as a master imposter and forger. In The Art of the Steal, Abagnale tells the remarkable story of how he parlayed his knowledge of cons and scams into a successful career as a consultant to businesses on preventing financial foul play—while revealing to listeners how they can identify and outsmart perpetrators of fraud.

Technology may have made it easier to track down criminals, but cyberspace has spawned a skyrocketing number of ways to commit crime—much of it untraceable. In fact, Frank Abagnale has discovered that punishment for fraud, much less recovery of stolen funds, is a rare occurrence. Prevention is the best form of protection. Drawn from his early years of experience as an ingenious con artist (whose check scams alone mounted to more than two million dollars in stolen funds) and his twenty-five-year career on the other side of the law, The Art of the Steal provides eye-opening stories of true scams, with tips on how they could have been avoided.

Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was once one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. He lived a sumptuous life on the lam until the law caught up with him. Now he is recognized as the nation’s leading authority on financial foul play.