Posing as a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty, he duped a string of women in the UK and US.

He faked his own credentials and netted $400,000 of taxpayers money, giving bogus court testimony and investigative services.

Obsessed with boys toys, he posed as a barrister and claimed he worked for the British Government secret service.

This 13-year-old pulled off almost half a million dollars worth of fraud, often selling goods that didn't exist.

In 1993, a young boy made the headlines when he was found as a stowaway on a plane which had arrived in Miami.