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46. Next, the McCanns turned to a private investigator called Kevin Halligen, who has various aliases. He set up a one-man company called Oakley International, formed after Madeleine disappeared. Yet the McCanns’ spokesman claimed Oakley were ‘the big boys’ in international private detection. The McCanns are said to have paid Halligen £500,000, which he squandered on high living and hard drinking, achieving nothing. At present (January 2011), he has been in Belmarsh High Security Prison over a year, awaiting extradition to the U.S., where he is required to answer $2 million fraud charges. 

Verdict - Completely Irrelevant.

Source - Media articles and Kate McCann's book.

Discussion.

The McCanns describe these dealings with Oakley International as a "bad experience".  They terminated their contract with him only to discover with dismay that he had not been paying sub-contractors who had worked on Madeleine's case with him.  In her book, Kate describes the termination of this contract as "acrimonious.   

Conclusions.

Potential wrongdoing on the part of Kevin Halligen has nothing to do with the case of Madeleine McCann.  The McCanns hired him in good faith.