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ISBN: 9780283070518
author: Neil Forsyth / Elliot Castro
publishing house: Pan Macmillan Ltd
publication date: 2007
price: UK £7.99 CDN$17.99
number of pages: 313

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The rise and fall of Britain's boldest credit card fraudsted

Neil Forsyth / Elliot Castro   

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This is the incredible true story of Elliot Castro, a workingclass kid with no qualifications or money who decided he wanted to see the world in style. And at the age of sixteen he found the perfect way to achieve his ambition-credit card fraud.
For the next six years he played an international game of cat and mouse with credit card companies, airlines and police forces. Along the way, he had a pretty good time.
From London to New York, Ibiza to Beverly Hills, Elliot lived a fantasy life, staying in famous hotels, travelling first class, blowing a fortune on designer clothes and champagne. Until, as the police finally closed in on him, his life began to spiral out of control...

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