A British tycoon who allegedly defrauded Hewlett-Packard when he sold his software company to the U.S. tech giant in 2011 has failed in an appeal against his extradition to the United States.
In January 2022, the then Home Secretary Priti Patel ruled Mike Lynch—who founded Autonomy in 1996—could be extradited to the United States, where he is wanted on charges of perpetrating a $5 billion (£3.9 million) fraud.
Lynch, 57, has denied the charges and appealed against extradition. But after a High Court hearing in London, Lord Justice Lewis and Mr. Justice Julian Knowles gave a ruling on Friday in which they said, “We are unpersuaded there is anything in this ground of appeal.”…