Simone Wright and her partner, Paul James Bennett. Wright has been arrested in Australia.

A fugitive wanted for multiple alleged frauds and accused of sexual assault has been arrested in Australia.

One of her alleged victims is just hoping it sticks this time.

Simone Anne Wright is in custody, 18 months after an arrest warrant was issued.

RORY O'SULLIVAN/STUFF Erin Leighton claimed she was sexually assaulted by Bennett and Wright. She applied to have her name suppression lifted.

New Zealand Police confirmed a 41-year-old woman had been arrested in Australia on its request "on outstanding New Zealand warrants in relation to drugs, indecent assault, fraud matters and theft".

She will appear in court in Australia on September 28.

Wright allegedly took part in numerous frauds and is accused of indecent assaults against an underage girl before sailing to Australia in a stolen yacht.

LOUISE KENNERLEY/FAIRFAX Fugitives Paul Bennett and Simone Wright were caught entering Sydney Harbour with this stolen yacht in 2015.

The warrant issued in 2016 was for 11 fraud charges totalling $77,173. Stuff could not reach Australian police on Friday night and it is not known what charges Wright might face now.

All the offences were allegedly committed jointly with her partner, Paul James Bennett.

The pair eluded authorities in New Zealand and Australia for many years, allegedly defrauding a Canterbury helicopter company of $250,000, before they were arrested on a 14-metre, $145,000 yacht in Sydney in 2015.

The arrest did not result in Wright, an Australian citizen, returning to New Zealand.

Bennett was deported from Australia and arrested when he arrived at Christchurch International Airport in May 2016. He has denied 60 charges and his case remains before the courts.

The 60 charges include one of stealing the yacht, thefts, frauds, and causing people to act on forged documents, involving a total of $567,000.

Police also charged him with indecent assaults on a 15-year-old girl and supplying her with the class B drug MDMA, or ecstasy.

Erin Leighton went public with her claim of sexual assault against Wright and Bennett in 2015 after applying to get her name suppression lifted.

She said she was "pretty thrilled" about Wright's arrest.

"It's taken 10 and a half years. For the first time I feel like it's not me that's a prisoner in this."

Leighton met Wright and Bennett through motocross riding in 2007. Just six of the 60 charges Bennet faces relate to Leighton.

She wanted to see Wright brought to justice for her alleged role in her assault.

"When you're talking [about] sex offenders and being sexually assaulted, a lot of heat goes on the man and I think people forget it was a team effort.

"She was the one who befriended me and set me up and she should be just as accountable as him."