Who is 'Fat Leonard' and how did he end up as part of the Venezuelan prisoner swap?
The infamous Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis is being extradited to the U.S. Here's everything you need to know about the bribery scandal that brought down dozens of Navy officials.
by Vanessa Romo
Dec 20, 2023
2 minutes
The notorious and once portly defense contractor known as "Fat Leonard," who scammed the U.S. Navy out of millions of dollars for more than a decade, is being extradited to the U.S. as part of a prisoner swap deal with Venezuela, the White House announced on Wednesday.
Leonard Glenn Francis, now 59, escaped from house arrest in San Diego in September 2022 after cutting off
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