A Nigerian, Abiodun David John, 33, has been arrested on suspicion of trying to get into the bank accounts of a British engineer murdered in the Alps alongside family members close to Lake Annecy, in eastern France, on September 5.
John allegedly tried to access Mr Al-Hilli's Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC accounts within a few days of the quadruple murders.
John's arrest by Greater Manchester Police in Salford followed a request by Annecy magistrates and Surrey Police, who are leading the hunt for the killer.
A raid on his flat yielded numerous mobile phones and documents, said an investigating source.
John, in turn, insists he is innocent, and told the Manchester Evening News: 'I believe that people have been tapping into my phone and accessing my internet.
'When the police came into my house I did not know what they were talking about. They were talking about a dead man and said that I did it - took some money from a dead man's account.
'Somehow they connected this to me. I do not know where this has come from. They took me to the police station and they explained why I had been arrested. I was completely shocked. I did not know where the police were coming from. I am totally innocent. I do not know where this whole thing has come from.'
John is due to answer bail at Guildford police station in Surrey on Tuesday. (Credit: Manchester Evening News)
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