A British citizen, Carruthers was apprehended by US authorities while changing flights at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in July of 2006. The charges filed by federal authorities out of St. Louis included money laundering.
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Carruthers had previously been under house arrest outside of St. Louis, Missouri.