US woman who posed as Irish heiress extradited to Northern Ireland to face fraud charges

Marianne Smyth in Los Angeles in 2013. Picture: Johnathan Walton/AP

A US-born woman who posed as an Irish heiress to scam thousands of dollars from several victims has been flown to the UK to face additional charges there.

Marianne Smyth is accused of stealing more than $170,000 from five people whom she met through her jobs at UK-based mortgage companies between 2008 and 2010.