Woman Extradited for Irish Heiress Fraud Scheme

Marianne Smyth, who posed as an Irish heiress to defraud several victims out of nearly $200,000, has been extradited from the U.S. to the U.K. on charges of theft and fraud. Smyth's schemes involved promising to invest money or buy homes for her victims but instead pocketing the funds. Her cons spanned from 2008 to 2010 in Northern Ireland and included high-profile victims such as TV producer Johnathan Walton, who later exposed her in a podcast titled 'Queen of the Con.' Smyth was arrested in Maine after being released early from a previous prison sentence due to Covid-19 protocols. She is compared to Anna Sorokin, another infamous fraudster who impersonated a wealthy heiress to support her lavish lifestyle.