Leonard Francis, the mastermind of the Navy's biggest corruption scandal, was arrested trying to board an airplane in the Caracas airport
Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor knows as “Fat Leonard,” was arrested Tuesday morning in Venezuela as he was about to board an airplane at the Caracas airport, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
He will have to be extradited back to the U.S., which could take some time. Castillo said the U.S. State Department and the U.S. attorney general’s office will lead the extradition effort.
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