Since escaping two weeks ago, officials say the fugitive Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard" who orchestrated one of the U.S. Navy s largest bribery scandals zipped between countries to find a place where he could become virtually untouchable for American authorities.
SAN DIEGO: Fugitive Malaysian defence contractor “Fat Leonard”, the mastermind behind one of the largest bribery scandals in US military history has been re-arrested in Venezuela three weeks after escaping from house arrest.
Leonard Glenn Francis, who went by the nickname Fat Leonard, had apparently been trying to reach Russia after he escaped house arrest in San Diego on September 4.