Elliot Castro

Born in Glasgow, Elliot Castro's first glimpse of a fraudulent luxury lifestyle began at age 7 when Elliot sneaked into first class on a flight to Chile.

In his adolescent years, he progressed to using blank train tickets to forge travel tickets which allowed him to keep the travel fare given to him by his Mum to get to school.

However the big break in Elliot's career in fraud came when he began work in a call center. Here he found he has access to people's personal information such as bank details, dates of birth and even their security questions.

Elliot was able to use these details to request new cards and carry out fraudulent transactions. Elliot used the cards to fund an extravagant and exciting lifestyle; traveling first class across the world, buying designer clothing, even funding his own apartment at one point.

Amazingly, although Elliot has many scrapes with the law, and was cautioned on more than one occasion he managed to evade any serious conviction for almost seven years.

Elliot was eventually caught by DC Ralph Eastgate who managed to compile a list of charges against him, leading to Elliot spending 2 and a half years in prison. Elliot was just 23 when convicted, making him one of the youngest convicted fraudsters in the UK.

Having been released from prison, Elliot now lives in Glasgow, where he DJs and works as a part time Fraud Prevention Consultant on behalf of security firms and financial institutions.

Neil Forsyth, author and journalist has written about Elliot's experiences in the book entitled: Other People's Money. The book was recently published in paperback edition, and Cowboy Films (Last King of Scotland) have bought the rights to the script, with Naomi Telford brought into script write.