An alleged conman, who is fond of referring to himself as the “Phantom”, 44-year-old expatriate Michaels Loizos, has lost an application to further delay his extradition to New Zealand.
An Australian court ruled that Michaels Loizos should be deported to New Zealand where he is accused with 140 counts of fraud, totaling 2.25 million U.S. dollars, at the expense of well-known personalities of the country.
The expatriate is accused of fraud in Melbourne, too. He supported that he should not be expelled because he “will not have a fair trial in New Zealand” but the court rejected his request. However, New Zealand authorities will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on Loizos Michaels as he now has 15 working days to appeal the decision.
Loizos Michaels disappeared from New Zealand last July. After several weeks of manhunt and arrest warrants that were issued by the police of New Zealand and Victoria, he was detected last January and arrested on the Gold Coast of Australia. When he was given a few days permission to visit his sick mother in Melbourne, he disappeared once again.
According to the police of Victoria, the 44-year-old continued frauds in Melbourne, winning substantial amounts at the expense of innocent citizens. He presented himself as a trader to the victims and by cheating them, he continued winning huge amounts of money.
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