A Dutch man who was suspected in the 2005 disappearance of 18-year-old American Natalee Holloway is being extradited from Peru to the U.S. in connection with a fraud case, officials say.
He was arrested but never convicted in the disappearance of Holloway, who vanished in Aruba in 2005.
Dutch national Joran Van der Sloot arrives for a hearing at the Lurigancho prison in Lima, Peru, on Jan. 11, 2011.The new case involves fraud and extortion related to Holloway’s mother, Peru’s government said in a statement about the approval of van der Sloot's transfer to the U.S."It has been a very long and painful journey, but the persistence of many is going to pay off. Together, we are finally getting justice for Natalee," she said.
A criminal complaint filed in 2010 alleges that he caused thousands of dollars to be sent to the Netherlands on a promise that the location of Holloway’s remains and details of her death would be revealed.that van der Sloot caused Beth Holloway to wire $25,000 in all — $15,000 to his account in the Netherlands and $10,000 more to a lawyer in New York who was to take that money to him in Aruba in person.
The charges in that case were interference with commerce by threat or violence and wire fraud, according to court records.
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