‘Fat Leonard’: Fugitive in massive Navy bribery case caught in Venezuela
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/09/22/fugitive-in-massive-navy-bribery-case-caught-in-venezuela/
SAN DIEGO — A Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. military history has been arrested in Venezuela after fleeing before his sentencing, authorities said Wednesday.
he international manhunt for Leonard Glenn Francis ended with his arrest by Venezuelan authorities Tuesday morning at the Caracas airport as he was about to board an airplane for another country, the U.S. Marshals Service said.