‘Catch Me If You Can’ Con Artist Frank Abagnale Warns AI Is Making Financial Fraud Easier Than Ever

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A recent Realtor.com News report highlights an unsettling irony in the mortgage world: while the banking industry has been measured in its embrace of artificial intelligence, criminals have moved fast. Frank Abagnale, the former con artist turned security consultant, warns that AI is lowering the barriers to financial fraud and making schemes harder to spot. For an industry built on verification and trust, the gap between institutional caution and criminal adoption is becoming its own vulnerability.

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