German authorities detained Thorsen for nearly a year following his June 2025 arrest before extraditing him in May 2026 to answer federal allegations involving wire
Poul Thorsen reportedly avoided apprehension by remaining in Denmark, but his extended freedom ended after he entered Germany and encountered authorities acting upon an INTERPOL
The 2011 American arrest warrant remained active across borders through INTERPOL’s international policing network, eventually providing German authorities with the identity and case information
Federal prosecutors said the Danish researcher used fraudulent invoices and documents to divert CDC autism-research funding to personal expenses, including an Atlanta residence, automobiles, and
The autism researcher remained outside United States custody for more than a decade before German police arrested him in Passau and initiated the legal
His arrest illustrates the difference between an American warrant, an international wanted-person alert and a local detention order, with German authorities applying their own laws