Charged by who, Australian or US authorities?
Indeed, the
Australian United Stated Extradition Treaty allows for him to be extradited:
ARTICLE II
(1) Persons shall be delivered up according to the provisions of this
Treaty for any of the following offences provided these offences are punishable
by the laws of both Contracting Parties by a term of imprisonment exceeding
one year or by death:
...
19. Fraud by an agent, bailee, banker, factor or trustee, by a director or
officer of a company or by a promoter of a company, whether existing
or not.
It would be interesting to see if this is just a nice rumor...