Convicted fraudster arrested in the Netherlands

26 August 2010

Convicted fraudster, John Traynor, aged 62, has been arrested in the Amstelveen area of the Netherlands by the Dutch regional police following cooperation between SOCA and Dutch police. Traynor, who was arrested on Monday evening, has been on the run since November 1992 when he failed to return to HMP Prison Highpoint, Suffolk, after a short period of home leave.

Traynor is believed to have been living in the Netherlands for a number of years. He is now awaiting extradition to the UK to serve the remainder of his sentence.