American man held on sex charges in Indonesia

Nowhere to run: Medlin (standing, centre) being guarded by police officers during a press conference at the Jakarta police headquarters following his arrest. — AFP

AN American fugitive wanted at home in connection with a US$700mil (RM2.9bil) cryptocurrency scam has been arrested in Jakarta on sex charges, Indonesian authorities said.

Russ Medlin, who entered the South-East Asian nation on a tourist visa last year, was nabbed in the capital on Monday after three teenage girls alleged that he paid to have sex with them, police said.