Judge orders TV pitchman held in custody

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Late-night TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau, who has repeatedly flouted court orders to pay a multimillion-dollar fine stemming from his fraudulent infomercials, was ordered into custody Wednesday after racking up expenses that a federal judge found were "far beyond ordinary and necessary."

The order by U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman followed a Federal Trade Commission filing that took Trudeau to task for spending thousands of dollars from an undisclosed Australian bank account on haircuts, high-end meat products and cigars.