http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/93a5ca22-dcaa-11e2-b52b-00144feab7de.html#axzz2xgOMZMoX
Analyst suffered ‘inhuman’ extradition ordeal, says lawyer
Last December, Trent Martin, an Australian who had worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland as a research analyst, was arrested in Hong Kong on US insider-trading charges and agreed to be extradited to New York.
The process took three months – during which time Mr Martin, 34, was shackled in handcuffs, held in solitary confinement and placed in a psychiatric prison, according to a letter sent by his lawyer, Larry Krantz, to a US judge.
Mr Krantz has alleged his client was subjected to an “an inhuman ordeal”, and other lawyers say the case raises questions about the rights of extradited suspects at a time when US authorities are growing increasingly aggressive in hunting down alleged wrongdoers in other countries.
...Mr Martin’s case marked the first time in a decade that the US had sought the extradition of an insider trading suspect. This pursuit was all the more remarkable because Mr Martin was only accused of making $8,000 from the alleged scheme.
All of that.
Citizen of Australia, arrested in Japan, by US authorities.
For $8000 profit.
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