The key answer of exercise 2

a)

1. He was sixteen.
2. He was good-looking with greying hair and he dressed well.
3. He used magnetic ink to change bank code numbers and stole bank customers' money.
4. He said his uniform was lost at the dry cleaners and that he had an urgent flight.
5. He was the FBI man who arrested Frank and later became his friend. He was probably very determined, but fair / open-minded.
6. Frank is a successful security consultant.
7. He thinks he was egotistical and self-centred.

b)

1. Frank Abagnale wasn’t English. He was American.
2. He tricked and cheated his way to $2.5 million, not $250 million.
3. He was wanted in twenty-six countries, not cities.
4. His mother was French, not German.
5. He said his uniform was lost, not stolen.
6. He didn’t pretend to be a footballer. He pretended to be a doctor.
7. He went to prison in France.
8. He advices companies on security, not on how to cheat their customers.