>This has been known for years.

I used to do this. Still have a strong tendency to, and have to resist it. Everyone's lived experience is different, and I'd wager there is a large percentage of people across the globe alive now who have never, and will never, have any clue about Frank Abagnale and his story.

And that's okay.

It being "common knowledge" that 90% of his backstory is fictional and he was actually a pretty low end forger that was frequently caught until he figured lying about the lies he told was a better grift hasn't stopped the tech industry from continuing to fawn all over him as if he's a knowledgeable and inspirational person

e.g

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22042279

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15793045

I'm just learning about it today from this post, which I found fascinating.

https://xkcd.com/1053/