Supposed Spy Fails To Appear At Extradition Hearing

The Toronto Sun
September 10, 2002

TORONTO (CP) - He claimed to be a U.S. spy with advance knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks _ but now the only trace of accused con man Delmart Edward Vreeland is his ''ransacked'' apartment, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Vreeland might've either been ''killed, kidnapped, or harmed'' because he apparently had evidence that the U.S. government knew beforehand about last year's terrorist attacks, lawyer Paul Slansky said.

An arrest warrant took effect Tuesday after Vreeland failed to show up for his own extradition hearing _ the second such no-show in two days. After gaining access to Vreeland's apartment Monday, Slansky told court that the apartment appeared to have been ransacked and that police had subsequently filed a missing person's report.

There were no signs of forcible entry or struggle, and missing was key evidence that would have proven Vreeland's claims, Slansky said.

Vreeland was first arrested Dec. 6, 2000, on a variety of fraud-related charges. On May 8, 2001, he was arrested on a provisional warrant for extradition to the United States on charges of credit card fraud and breach of probation.

In an Oct. 25, 2001, judgment, Justice Archie Campbell dismissed Vreeland's claims as something that ''on its face is so extreme that it more resembles a tale of great imagination than a plausible account of something that actually took place.''

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