Hargobind Tahilramani (43) is dealing with extradition to the US accused of being the mastermind of a $1m greenback (€927,000) rip-off in opposition to greater than 300 victims between 2013 and 2020.

He is claimed to have used pretend accents and altered his voice to sound like feminine movie executives to idiot trade professionals, together with actors, screenwriters and photographers.

Actor and author Eoin O’Brien (45) informed the PA information company he was left $15,000 (€13,900) out of pocket after he was contacted by somebody posing as Hollywood producer Deborah Snyder – who is understood for working together with her director husband Zack Snyder on movies together with 300 and Watchmen.

Convinced he was within the operating for a “breakthrough role” in a DC Justice League movie, Mr O’Brien, who’s from Dublin, mentioned he was pressured to “go all out” in a one-way video audition.

“I was coerced into performing simulated sex acts over Skype by the con queen in the guise of an audition,” he mentioned. “When I discovered it wasn’t who he claimed and also a male, I felt violated.”

Mr O’Brien flew to Jakarta at his personal expense having been promised a $5,000 (€4,600) payment earlier than handing over hundreds of {dollars} for “shooting permits”, which he was assured can be reimbursed.

But after 4 days of being pushed to distant places, Bangkok-based Mr O’Brien realised he had been scammed and fled Indonesia in the midst of the night time. He has now written an upcoming movie, Kiss Of The Con Queen, primarily based on his expertise, which is at present in manufacturing.

Directed by Tom Waller, Mr O’Brien stars alongside Sleeping With the Enemy star Patrick Bergin and Ravi Patel because the con queen.

“This guy would just crush people for fun and sexually harass people, including myself, for his personal gratification,” mentioned Mr O’Brien.

“Posing as a female Hollywood producer, the con queen used my dreams as bait, defrauded me of thousands, coerced me into simulated sex acts over Skype in the guise of an audition, and got me to sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement).

“Ironically, by overcoming this experience I’ve earned what he used as bait – my dream of playing a lead role in a big film.”

Tahilramani was arrested following an FBI investigation in November 2020 in a €70-a-night Aparthotel, in Manchester, the place he had allegedly claimed to be a “writer for Netflix” and mentioned he wanted 10 rooms as a result of he was working for Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity.

He faces an eight-count indictment in California together with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud, which every carry a most sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment, and 5 counts of aggravated identification theft, carrying a most penalty of two years every.

Chief Justice of the Peace in Britain Paul Goldspring this week accredited his extradition to the US and despatched the case to British Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, for a proper determination following an extradition listening to at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Tahilramani entered the UK in late 2016 and has claimed asylum, having lived within the nation illegally after his entry visa expired, and his declare must be decided earlier than he’s extradited.

The UK courtroom heard there are a “large number of victims”, together with “some UK victims” who should not topic to the US indictment or prosecution and his attorneys claimed a considerable quantity of the alleged conduct passed off whereas he was within the UK.

But he has not been charged with any offences within the UK and Mr O’Brien mentioned: “I want him to face justice for what he did to all of his victims, not just those in the US.

“He was living in Britain and committed a lot of his scams there, so why is he only being tried in the US for US victims?

“What about all the British and Irish victims?

“Once he had been arrested in Manchester I thought he would be charged.

“But the British authorities have washed their hands of fraud and sex crimes by sending him to the US. The one thing I agree with him about is that a UK courtroom would be a great place for us to meet and see him face justice for every victim he abused, especially in the UK from where he ran his operation.

“The home secretary must hold him to account here first.”

A British Home Office spokesperson mentioned: “We do not comment on individual cases.”