April 21st, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican authorities are seeking the extradition from Nicaragua of Cyrus Anoushirvan Sepehr, an Iranian-American wanted by Interpol in Costa Rica and the United States. Sepehr was taken into custody by Nicaraguan authorities earlier this month while traveling on false documents, according to reports.
Sepehr had spent the last eleven months under guard in official custody at the private CIMA Hospital in Costa Rica, apparently suffering from post-polio syndrome.
Sepehr escaped from the hospital, reportedly dressed as a doctor, on April 1st.
Sepehr, together with another person, is accused of defrauding some $11 million from eleven investors by presenting themselves and their company, Pacific West Development Group, as major real estate developers. The victims were reportedly Iranian Jews.