The State - News from June 22, 1988

The United States failed in its first attempt to extradite fugitive California businessman Charles McVey from Canada, but prosecutors will appeal the decision to the British Columbia Court of Appeal. McVey, 63, a former Orange County resident, is wanted for allegedly selling high technology to the Soviet Union. Ruling on a habeas corpus application, B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Bouck found that because McVey is not charged specifically with forgery in the U.S., he cannot be extradited under the U.S.-Canada extradition treaty on that charge. Bouck found McVey is charged with completing false customs documents--not forgery--and other conspiracy-related crimes.