Ex-Autonomy software entrepreneur Mike Lynch pictured at Ipswich Waterfront. He faces the threat of extradition to the US on fraud charges which he denies
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Ex ministers and former business leaders have lined up to defend a Suffolk tech entrepreneur from extradition to the United States.
Mike Lynch faces fraud charges in the US after it was claimed he overstated the value of his Cambridge-based software firm Autonomy ahead of an £8bn sale to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011.
The deal went sour and ended in acrimony and accusations, and the US authorities decided to bring fraud charges.