THE extradition hearing of a Jersey accountant arrested in connection with an alleged multi-million tax fraud in Australia has been put back three months.
The Australian government is seeking to extradite Philip Eric de Figueiredo (56), pictured, on charges related to tax fraud and money laundering. He appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for the fourth time since being arrested at his St Martin home in December, after he returned to the Island from his home in Switzerland.
When he last appeared in court on 16 February, the extradition hearing was set for 26 and 27 March. However, this was yesterday moved to 25 and 26 June. Papers requesting Mr de Figueiredo’s extradition were received by the Jersey courts on 9 February from the Australian authorities. The court was then obliged by law to fix a day for the hearing within two months of that date.
