U.S. Judge Backs U.K. Request to Extradite ‘Irish Heiress’ Who Swindled Producer

Her elaborate schemes, among them posing as the heiress to an Irish fortune, swindled people out of huge sums and left Marianne Smyth with two felony convictions. Now Ms. Smyth, 54, an American, will most likely be extradited to Northern Ireland to face eight separate accusations of theft and fraud there, a federal court ruled on Thursday, saying there was “sufficient evidence to sustain the charges.” She will be turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, pending a final decision on her extradition by the U.S. secretary...