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- EXTRADITED. Adnan Khashoggi, 54, ostentatious, peripatetic
- (twelve residences) multimillionaire Saudi businessman and
- financier; to New York City from a jail in Bern, Switzerland.
- Arrested by Swiss authorities last April at the request of U.S.
- prosecutors, he is charged with helping Ferdinand Marcos and
- his wife Imelda in real estate deals financed with funds stolen
- from the Philippine Treasury. Under terms of the extradition,
- Khashoggi will face prosecution for mail fraud and obstruction
- of justice but will not be tried on more serious racketeering
- charges, which are not punishable under Swiss law. Held without
- bail until his true worth is determined, Khashoggi faces five
- years in jail and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
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