Man accused of cheating Aussie Home Loans chief arrested in Aceh
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A New Zealand man accused of swindling Aussie Home Loans boss John Symonds out of $270,000 has been arrested in Indonesia's Aceh following an extradition request from Australia.
Robert James McNeice, 42, is now being transported to Jakarta.
Mr McNeice has been in and out of Indonesia in recent years and become involved in Aceh's coffee business.
But his past life in Australia is now the subject of serious allegations from Mr Symond who has accused Mr McNeice of swindling him and his nephew out of $270,000 borrowed to invest in a wristwatch business in 2003.
Mr McNiece fled Australia in 2005.
But Aceh's head of criminal investigations Colonel Syaiful Maltah says following a request from Australia Mr McNiece was arrested on Wednesday in Banda Aceh by Indonesian police.
"That suspect has already been sent to Jakarta right now," he said.
Mr McNeice told police he was only in Aceh for "sightseeing".
