-US judge fears man might flee to Ireland

Facebook fraud trial told that extradition ‘rarely enforced’ here

A US prosecutor has said a man who claims he owns half of Facebook must continue to wear an electronic bracelet for fear he will flee to his mother’s homeland, Ireland, where extradition is “rarely enforced”.

The prosecutor, in a rare public admission, revealed that lawmakers and police in the US view their country’s extradition treaty with Ireland with deep suspicion.