UK Man Accused of Hacking to Trade Loses Extradition Challenge

A UK man accused of hacking into corporate executives’ email accounts in order to gain access to nonpublic earnings information lost his bid to quash the US government’s extradition request.

American courts don’t have jurisdiction to consider arguments challenging another country’s ongoing extradition proceeding, Judge Matthew W. Brann said Thursday for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Robert Westbrook, who prosecutors said made millions trading on hacked insider information, argued that a July 18 letter submitted to the UK Crown Prosecution Service in support of extradition was invalid because it was signed by Alina Habba. Brann ...