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His Alleged Email Scam Swindled $100 Million. Now, He's Set To Be Extradited

Evaldas Rimasauskas is accused of crafting a massive scheme to defraud Google and Facebook of more than $100 million. But the Lithuanian national will appeal the extradition order handed down Monday.

The Lithuanian man accused of defrauding two major multinational tech companies out of more than $100 million must be extradited to the U.S., a court in Vilnius ruled Monday. Evaldas Rimasauskas has been in

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