Fraud claim

22 July 2010
The Evening Chronicle, Newcastle

A BUSINESSMAN whose firm helped look for Madeleine McCann and who is wanted in the US over an alleged £1.3m fraud was facing an extradition hearing today. Irish national Kevin Halligen, 48, is accused by prosecutors in America of attempting to defraud a London law firm of $2.1m (£1.32m). The defendant's assets were frozen after his arrest on November 24.