I'm sorry, but this is hilarious - and almost assuredly fake

Now that I've picked myself up off the floor. The story is so outrageous that my first reaction is "must be a hoax". Via Reformed Chicks Blabbing, of all places...

13 Year Old Steals Dad's Credit Card to Buy Hookers

A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has today been convicted of fraud and given a three year community order.

Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father's existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing "Halo" on an Xbox with a couple of hookers in a Texas motel. ...

The escort girls who were released without charge, told the arresting officers something was up when the kids said they would rather play Xbox than get down to business.

Police said they were alerted to the motel by a concerned delivery clerk, whom after delivering supplies of Dr Pepper, Fritos and Oreos had been asked by the kids where they could score some chicks and were willing to pay. They explained they had just made a big score at a "World of Warcraft" tournament and wanted to get some relaxation. On noting the boys age the delivery clerk informed the authorities. ...

This is the part that killed me, though -

Asked why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it was the thing to do when you win a "World of Warcraft" tournament. They told the suspicious working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus, and as State law does not allow those with disabilities to be discriminated against they had no right to refuse them.

The $1,000 a night girls sensing something up played "Halo" on the Xbox with the kids, instead of selling their sexual services.

Ralph's ambition is to one day become a politician.

NOTE: Having done a couple minutes worth of Google investigation, I'd say there's a 99% probability that this is a hoax. I could be convinced otherwise, but consider:

1. This story apparently only appears on "money.co.uk", which looks to be a banking services aggregator. It's not affiliated with any news agency, as far as I can tell.
2. There's no byline on the article.
   
3. I can't find any evidence of a World of Warcraft tournament recently held in England; supposedly there is one that began in April, but it hasn't been completed yet if the link is right.
4. The story doesn't ring true on several counts. Do I really have to spell them out? The most notable is that no other names are mentioned - not the reporter, not the police officer who commented, not the boy's father, not the credit card company. The only name is "Ralph Hardy".
   

It's really only funny because the story is a relatively innocent one. Of course, until I read something more convincing, I'm calling this one "busted".

UPDATE 5/14: I was right. No exclamation points, since I'm not surprised.