Jahbulon
2012-05-22 14:35:23 UTC
The Freemason whose firm helped look for Madeleine McCann has failed in a
last ditch High Court bid to escape extradition over a £1.3m fraud.
Brother Kevin Halligen is now set to stand trial in the US accused of
defrauding a London law firm.
It is claimed he took the money to secure the release of Dutch business
executives arrested in the Ivory Coast but instead spent it on a mansion.
The 49-year-old's Masonic company, Oakley International, was employed in
2008 by Allerton-born Kate and Brother Gerry McCann to find their three-
year-old daughter, who disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.
But after six months, his contract was cancelled by the Find Madeleine Fund
after he delivered little to the investigation.
Brother Halligen was arrested in 2009 after months spent evading police.
Brother Kevin Halligen was found staying at the plush Old Bank hotel in
Oxfordshire, where he was known under a number of aliases.
last ditch High Court bid to escape extradition over a £1.3m fraud.
Brother Kevin Halligen is now set to stand trial in the US accused of
defrauding a London law firm.
It is claimed he took the money to secure the release of Dutch business
executives arrested in the Ivory Coast but instead spent it on a mansion.
The 49-year-old's Masonic company, Oakley International, was employed in
2008 by Allerton-born Kate and Brother Gerry McCann to find their three-
year-old daughter, who disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.
But after six months, his contract was cancelled by the Find Madeleine Fund
after he delivered little to the investigation.
Brother Halligen was arrested in 2009 after months spent evading police.
Brother Kevin Halligen was found staying at the plush Old Bank hotel in
Oxfordshire, where he was known under a number of aliases.
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