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High-value U.S. asset “Fat Leonard” arrested in Venezuela–possible prisoner swap

Originally published: Resumen: Latinoamericano and the Third World on October 4, 2022 (more by Resumen: Latinoamericano and the Third World)

The principal perpetrator, in what AP News called “one of the most extensive bribery scandals in U.S. military history,” popped up in Venezuela of all places. Leonard Glenn Francis bilked the U.S. Navy out of at least $35 million.