INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Mark Acklom is now awaiting extradition to Britain.London: 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.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.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
