Product Description

Elliot Castro was a gifted outsider, a working-class kid with ambitions who wanted to live the high life but lacked the money to do so. Until, at the tender age of sixteen, he worked out how to use the credit card system to his advantage. Identifying the banks' security weaknesses, utilising his intelligence and charm, Elliot embarked on a massive spending spree. From London to New York, Ibiza to Beverly Hills, he lived the fantasy life, staying in famous hotels, flying first class, blowing a fortune on designer clothes. Time and time again Elliot managed to wriggle free of the numerous authorities who were on his tail, while his life spiralled out of control. Meanwhile, from a police station at Heathrow, a detective was patiently tracking him down . . . With a likeable hero, filled with humour and as fast-paced as a thriller, Other People's Money is crime writing at its best.

'A fascinating and illuminating story' Irvine Welsh

'Exhilarating Brit variation on Catch Me if You Can, which never misses an opportunity to up the sweaty-palmed suspense' Arena

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25083 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Irvine Welsh
'A fascinating and illuminating story'

Arena
'exhilarating Brit variation on Catch Me If You Can, which never
misses an opportunity to up the sweaty-palmed suspense.'

Switched On
'Well written, revealing and above all human, Other People's Money
is a cut above your average crime saga.'

Customer Reviews

Page-Turner!!
WOW!

Neil Forsyth's fast-paced writing style brings Elliot Castro's amazing story to life. From the word go, I was pretty much sucked in to this page-turner. This is not just a book about crime. There are some hilarious moments as well as some deeply emotional and personal moments where I couldn't help but feel for Elliot. It's a truly outstanding piece of writing with a story that will definitely interest anyone who holds a credit card or wants to know how credit card fraud works.

It's a thriller, a comedy and a drama all in one. Buy it!

Brilliant story, well written, page turning
Elliot Castro, you and I have very similar backgrounds and CV!
Your book is truly fantastic and deserves to be where it is on the Amazon hit list. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and your tales of woe and the high life you enjoyed on other people's money was exactly my modus operandi for years.
I get the impression we suffer from the syndrom of having to buy our friends. In bars. And expensive hotels. Your honesty at telling your stories is truly remarkable. Your ability to coerce money out the credit card companies was awesome!
Congratulations on your book. You may like to read 'High Stakes - How I blew 14 Million Pounds' I wrote that in prison!
Good luck for the future
Nigel Goldman

Great!
I first read about this story in the Guardian last month and decided I had to get the book. I wasn't disappointed. It's got all the elements that made 'Catch me if you can' a great story, with the added bonus that it's set in the present day and has relevance to things that go on here and now. Castro seems like a likeable sort of chap, despite being a fraudster and his story is genuinely fascinating. Neil Forsyth seems to have captured the very essence of the intriguing life of this unlikely criminal.

A thouroughly good read.