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S. Africa to extradite U.S. fugitive

Xinhua, August 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

South Africa will extradite a wanted U.S. fugitive who has been on the run since 2009, police said on Friday.

Nichole Michelle King, 44, had been on the most wanted list in the U.S. for sentencing after she was found guilty on three offences relating to fraud and embezzlement of funds from her employer.

King was arrested in 2006 and was due to be sentenced on December 11, 2009 when she skipped the country and found a hiding place in South Africa.

In June this year, the U.S. authorities requested the Interpol to arrest King. The Interpol's Fugitive/ Extradition Unit arrested the fugitive at her rental house in Brakpan, Gauteng Province on August 10, 2016, according to the South African Police Service (SAPS).

King subsequently appeared before the Brakpan Magistrate's Court where she was remanded in custody until August 18, 2016. Endit