TORONTO, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hollinger International Inc.'s ousted chief executive Conrad Black may be extradited to answer U.S. criminal fraud charges if he returns to Britain.
Black, the former owner of Britain's Daily Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times among other newspapers, has been holed up in his Toronto mansion since being indicted Thursday for criminal fraud, The Times of London reported Saturday.
Black is due in Chicago federal court Tuesday to answer to the eight charges that accuse him and others of creating bogus transactions to pocket tens of millions of dollars belonging to Hollinger.
The Times of London said under a white-collar crime treaty between Britain and the United States, Black, a British citizen, would be sent to Chicago to face the U.S. charges if he tried to come home.
There is no such agreement with Canada, however.
Black, who has denied any guilt, faces up to 40 years in jail if he's convicted on all the counts.
