Frank Abagnale

Criminals look at identity theft and say only 1 in 700 criminals gets convicted of it. And they look at check forgery and they know that for every 1,400 forgers arrested, only about 123 get convicted and about 26 go to jail. So the rewards are great, but the risks are very slim. So that's one of the reasons that make it very popular.

American Celebrity

Simon Greenleaf

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise.

American Judge

Thomas Aquinas

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.

Italian Theologian

Michael Shnayerson

Forgers can start with the same photographic images Warhol did, and sometimes knock off silkscreens only an expert can distinguish from the originals.

American Journalist

Charles Peguy

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

French Philosopher

The term 'forger' often implies criminal behavior and illegality.

Illegal Activity

'Forger' indicates intent to deceive others, not just creating copies.

Deception

When discussing forgeries, authenticity of items is always in question.

Authenticity

In historical or artisanal contexts, 'forger' denotes skilled craftsmanship.

Craftsmanship

Traditionally, a forger works manually, shaping materials by hand and tool.

Manual Labor

The word can refer to a person involved in an old-fashioned artisanal trade.

Artisanal Trade

 Anyway, he was a photographer and a street educator, and he always taught us to obey the law very strictly. And, of course, he never talked about his past life when he was a forger. There was, however, an incident I'm going to tell you about,

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 so much so that they were later forged in turn by his own son. The same canvases went from revered classics to despised forgeries to works of art respected for the skill and notoriety of the forger.

Forger

Illegal Activity

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