Overview

• Marianne Smyth, who posed as an heiress and a variety of other personas, swindled victims out of over $170,000.
• The extradition decision follows her arrest in Maine, where she was found after evading Northern Irish authorities.
• Judge John Nivison certified the extradition based on sufficient evidence of Smyth's fraud and theft from 2008 to 2010.
• Podcaster Johnathan Walton, a victim of Smyth, played a pivotal role in her capture through his podcast, which alerted authorities.
• Smyth's prior escapades included posing as a celebrity, a psychic, and even a cancer patient to defraud others.