Convicted Military Contractor ‘Fat Leonard’ Returning to US in Prisoner Swap

Published on December 21, 2023

SAN DIEGO—Fugitive military contractor Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis—who escaped from San Diego house arrest last year after admitting he bribed Navy officials in a wide-ranging corruption scheme—is expected to appear in a Florida federal courtroom Dec. 21 as he is returned to the U.S. from Venezuela as part of a sweeping prisoner exchange. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that a total of 10 Americans who had been detained in Venezuela were being released as part of the deal, including six “wrongfully detained Americans.” According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Mr. Francis cut off a GPS monitor he was required to wear and disappeared from San Diego in September 2022....

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