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Ad Age: Reformed Con Man Turned FBI Advisor Believes Greed will Get Ad Crooks Caught

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Frank Abagnale, the reformed con-man played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie “Catch Me If You Can,” has spent the past 43 years teaching FBI agents how to spot fraud, among them his own son and those currently investigating ad agency practices in the U.S.

Abagnale is also a neighbor and close friend of Steve Parker, CEO of digital agency Levelwing in Charleston, South Carolina. Parker has grown to be disgusted by concealed rebates and other non-transparent practices throughout the industry, so he enlisted Abagnale to appear in new documentary videos to highlight Levelwing’s view on transparency—something they both feel strongly about.

Read the full Ad Age article here.

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