Emma Mayta Canales l Contra Costa Youth Journalism

Frank Abagnale, a former con artist who turned into a respected authority on fraud detection and cybersecurity for the FBI, will be the featured speaker Sept. 30 in this season’s seventh installment of the Lesher Foundation’s Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

Abagnale appeared in the inaugural season of the Lesher Speaker Series a decade ago. As part of this year’s milestone for the 20th Newsmakers, Steve Lesher, the Lesher Foundation board president and executive producer of the series, chose to bring back some favorite speakers from past years, which included Abagnale, said series producer Michael White.

“He has a very interesting and intriguing story, and his delivery makes you feel

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