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British tech tycoon: I only got justice because I'm rich

Mike Lynch was acquitted in the US after an expensive legal process he fears others could not afford.

The British businessman Mike Lynch, who this June was acquitted in the US of a multi-billion pound fraud, has said he believes he was only able to clear his name because of his huge wealth. He told the the PM programme, on BBC Radio 4, that though convinced of his innocence throughout, he was only able to prove it in a US court because he was rich enough to pay the enormous legal fees involved. But now that he has been acquitted, he has criticised the government for allowing his extradition in the first place under a treaty which critics - such as Mr Lynch - say makes it far too easy for British people to be tried in the US.

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