London: A Europe-wide manhunt was launched when he disappeared, tracing him first to Spain and then to Switzerland, where he was arrested in Zurich on Saturday night, living under a fake name with his wife and two children.
Mark Acklom is now awaiting extradition to Britain, where he faces charges relating to 20 fraud offences.
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A Briton accused of swindling a woman out of her life's savings while pretending be a spy posing as a banker has been arrested in Switzerland, British authorities said Tuesday.
Mark Acklom, 45, is accused of posing as a Swiss banker during a year-long relationship with Carolyn Woods, 61, during which he allegedly tricked her into lending him 850,000 pounds (960,000 euros, $1.121 million) for property development.
She said he told her the banking job was a cover and he was really an agent with Britain's foreign intelligence spy agency MI6, according to a statement from the National Crime Agency.
Mark Acklom is now awaiting extradition to Britain, where he faces charges relating to 20 fraud offences.
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