McGraw formed and led the infamous Barlanark Team, a gang of robbers who caused havoc in central Scotland for some 15 years. He was put under surveillance for two years, and it was claimed that he was the financier, mastermind and director. But, in 1998, a jury declared him innocent while other suspects were jailed. This book tells his story.

But, in 1998, a jury declared him innocent while other suspects were jailed. As McGraw refuses to discuss his life publicly, his remarkable story is told in "Crimelord" through friends and fellow crooks.