American businessman Jason Cardiff has lived in Ireland with his wife and daughter since 2022.
For anyone who has followed him on Facebook, he has been living a life of considerable luxury. The house is on Highfield Road, one of Dublin 6’s most expensive roads, and parked outside is a Bentley.
His followers have seen posts showing him golfing in Ireland, travelling to Austria for ski trips as well as attending the local church fete in June.
But last week his past came back to haunt him when at 8am he was arrested at home and brought to the High Court.
The move by the Garda was on foot of extradition proceedings instigated by the US Department of Justice, which has charged him with fraud involving a homeopathic medicine company, identity theft and witness tampering. He denies all charges.
So what are the charges? Why did Cardiff and his family leave the US? How did he get an Irish passport? And why does did he expect the Trump administration to come to his rescue?
Mark Tighe, Irish Times senior investigative reporter, talked to Cardiff in the days before his arrest.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
