Playboy prince turned prisoner Zhenya Tsvetnenko is set to admit being the architect of a $150 million phone text scam — but is desperately hoping a deal with the United States means he can serve the rest of his jail time in Perth.

In the final act of an extraordinary tale of rags to riches and back again, lawyers representing Tsvetnenko have told a US court he intends to plead guilty to a primary role in what prosecutors say is one of the biggest telecommunications scams in that country’s history.

Source: The West Australian