 The Algerian government confiscated and returned $488,000 of the ransom money to US officials.On January 25, 1975, the two hijackers, carrying passports under the names Leavy Forte and Janice Ann Forte, were arrested on illegal entry charges by French police.On April 15, 1975, a French court refused a US extradition request for the pair on grounds the hijacking was a political act.