A Scottish man, who used other people's credit cards to travel around the world and stay in top hotels, has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Twenty-two-year-old Elliot Castro used his credit card scam for four years, spending $134,000 for travel, designer clothes, toiletries, music and meals, reported the Daily Record.
Castro pled guilty Monday in Isleworth Crown Court in Middlesex, England, to three charges of obtaining or attempting to obtain airline tickets by deception.
Detectives said Castro either fraudulently obtained credit cards or used identity information gleaned from discarded receipts or from the card's owners.
"The only thing we ever recovered was a Rolex watch," an investigator said. "Most of the offences involved services -- hotels, flights, taxis, just the high life -- so there was nothing to recover. He only spent about $38,000 on goods."
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