‘Catch Me if You Can’ arrested in Kuwait
A Catch Me If You Can-style fraudster who conned expatriates by posing as a pilot and as a doctor has been arrested in Kuwait.The man was caught after a Jordanian woman, one of his two victims, reported him to the police, a security source said.
I am a Pilot “The Jordanian woman called the interior ministry operation room and informed them that a man who pretended he was a pilot and had a travel agency cheated her of 315 Kuwaiti dinars [Dh3,820],” the source told Kuwaiti daily Al Rai.
I am a Doctor “Further investigations revealed that he had conned an Egyptian man, making him believe he was a doctor who could provide him treatment at a lower fee,” the source added. “He was also found to have been implicated in a forgery case and that a court had sentenced him to three years in prison. He was referred to the competent authorities for appropriate action,” the source said.
The movie Catch Me If You Can was based on the life of the Frank Abagnale Jr, the US fraudster who became infamous in the 1960s for posing as a doctor, a Pan Am pilot, a teacher and a legal prosecutor before he was eventually caught.
Kuwait News
- Events in Kuwait
- Champion of Public Speaking , Kuwait
- Bird’s EyE View – Exhibition at CAP , Kuwait
- Cinderella by SIK , Kuwait
- Proposal to turn Salem Al Mubarak Street for pedestrians only , Kuwait
- Women of the Resistance – Kuwait Iraq War World News Tonight report March 7, 1991
- Angry birds (fight) at parking lot, Kuwait
- Yalwah Expo , Kuwait
- First Grand Filipino FIESTA , Kuwait
- Family Expo , Kuwait
- Winter Fashion Fair , Kuwait
- Autumn Consumer fair , Kuwait
- GCC Railway from Kuwait to Muscat , Kuwait
- law against bachelors living inside family accommodations in Kuwait
- Migrate to Australia or Canada , Kuwait
- Day Out Fiesta , Kuwait
- Kuwait plans to make capacity to 4 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2020
- Red Bull Bar Bahr Kuwait 2014 @redbullkuwait
- Christmas Bazaar by BLSK , Kuwait
- Talent Competition – Kuwait
- Street Fest Kuwait, Kuwait
Source: Gulf News
Filed in: All • Expats in Kuwait • Local News • News
Subscribe
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to receive more just like it.
