Posted 12/22/2023, 2:33:00 AM
Fugitive 'Fat Leonard' Navy Contractor Captured in Prisoner Swap with Venezuela after 15 Months on the Run
- Fat Leonard, a fugitive defense contractor, was captured in a prisoner swap after 15 months on the run and returned to US custody
- He had bribed scores of US Navy officers and defrauded the Pentagon out of an estimated $50 million
- He fled house arrest in San Diego by cutting off his ankle monitor and escaping to Mexico
- He was arrested in Venezuela but the US couldn't extradite him due to no diplomatic relations
- The US agreed to a prisoner swap with Venezuela, trading 10 Americans for a Maduro ally facing charges in Miami