A self-confessed "quiet lad" ended up facing 200 years in America's worst prison after heading up a multi-million dollar drug empire.
Shaun Attwood, 53, grew up in Widnes, Cheshire, and took a keen interest in the stock market during his teenage years.
He began trading at the tender age of 16 and would visit an auntie over in Arizona, falling in love with the indulgent lifestyle that greeted him across the pond.