'Other People's Money, written by Neil Forsyth, recounts the details of Castro's fascinating story - how a day-dreaming youngster from a working-class suburb of Glasgow managed to stumble upon the perfect credit card scam and spend his late teens flying first class, larging it up with the rich and powerful under a series of assumed identities'- The Irish Examiner

'He went to Paris for the spring, cruised the Caribbean in summer and flew to Sydney in winter. He shopped on New York's Fifth Avenue with a limousine standing by and shared drinks with Bono…No single fraudster has taken the card companies to the cleaners quite like Elliot (and) Other People's Money tells the astonishing story of his freeloading lifestyle and how he got away with it'' -Sunday Mirror

'Free money remains a potent fantasy and it's one that came true for Elliot Castro, who thieved a record £1m from the British credit card system. The working-class kid graduated from using dodgy train tickets to a high-risk existence jetting between Ireland, Ibiza, Canada, New York and Chicago, unitl his luck ran out in a grim Travelodge. An exhilarating Brit variation on Catch Me If You Can, in which Castro's co-writer Neil Forsyth never misses an opportunity to amp up the sweaty-palmed suspense.' -Arena Magazine

'A fascinating and illuminating story, as Elliot Castro's search for the good life is slowly unveiled as an archetypally gifted outsider's quest for affirmation and identity. It will appeal to those of us who have fantasised about spending money we don't have (i.e.: everybody) and serve as a cautionary tale for all credit card holders' - Irvine Welsh

'A con as big as the Ritz' - The Guardian

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