Multi-millionaire British fraudster, Michael Brown, who was deported from the Dominican Republic to Spain over the weekend could be in Spain for months before extradition to the U.K. Famous for his 2.5 million pound donation to the Liberal Democrats 2005 election campaign, the 46 year old Glasweigan posed as a bond dealer and claimed connections with royalty to embezzle an estimated 36 million pounds from clients. Among his victims the former chairman of Manchester United who was taken for 8 million pounds. He fled the UK in 2008 and has been living in the Dominican Republic under the name, Darren Nally, since then. An international manhunt arrested him in January but they are still hunting for a missing 18 million €. Brown arrived in Spain on Saturday morning accompanied by offices from the Dominican Republic. Now a European Arrest Warrent is hoped to be enough to get him to Britain, but Channel Four News reports that a London based solicitor, Nigel Richardson, who handled the extradition of a drug suspect from Spain in 2011, has said that even if Brown agrees to the extradition it could still take months. There will be a hearing to see if he does consent to extradition, and if he does it takes place in 21 days. Being such a high profile case could see the Spaniards acting quicker than normal. If he contests the extradition any decision is not likely for some six months. The Home Office and the Serious Organised Crime Office have refused to comment on the case or to say what would happen to him on his arrival in the UK. He has an outstanding seven year prison term, but that could be increased for jumping bail.
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