U.K. Approves Extradition of Tech Tycoon Mike Lynch to U.S. (2)

The U.K. government approved the extradition of Mike Lynch to the U.S. to face criminal fraud charges, hours after a London judge ruled the tech tycoon was dishonest in the $11 billion sale of his company.

The extradition decision by Home Secretary Priti Patel Friday doesn’t mean that Lynch will be getting on a plane anytime soon. Lynch can appeal the order and a separate court’s decision allowing his extradition.

Mike Lynch arrives for a court hearing in London in March 2019.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

It’s the latest in more than a decade of twists and turns following the 2011 sale of Lynch’s Autonomy Corp. to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. A year after the ...