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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday took the extradition of an economic offender, Monika Kapoor, bringing her back to India after she remained at large for 25 years, as per the officials. Monika fled to the United States in 1999 after she was accused of being part of a financial fraud. 

According to the further information provided by the official, the economic offender has been taken into CBI custody and is en route to India via an American Airlines flight, which is expected to reach India by late Wednesday. 

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She is being brought to India under the bilateral extradition treaty between India and the USA. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York had approved her extradition. 

Following the rejection of Kapoor’s Plea that she would be subjected to torture if she were extradited, the Secretary of State issued a surrender warrant, thereby violating the United Nations Convention Against Torture and its implementation under the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (FARRA).

Kapoor and her two brothers allegedly carried out financial fraud by producing fake documents to obtain a license to run a jewellery business. These documents were allegedly used to obtain licenses from the Indian government to import raw materials duty-free. The alleged fraud caused a loss of more than USD 679000 to the Indian exchequer.

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She later fled to the US in 1999. India reached out to the USA, demanding Kapoor's extradition in October 2010 under the Treaty on Extradition between the two countries, the officials said.