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Capitol Report: Kosta Diamantis flees to Greece before sentencing
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former state deputy budget director, is in Greece after fleeing the U.S. ahead of his sentencing for corruption, his lawyer and prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday.
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A former senior budget official for Connecticut's Democratic governor is now a fugitive in Greece after fleeing the U.S. by boat and plane ahead of his sentencing for corruption, his lawyer and prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday.
A former Connecticut deputy budget director who was convicted on 21 federal charges related to bribery and extortion fled to Greece before his sentencing hearing in court Thursday, according to his lawyer and prosecutors.
The former official, Konstantinos Diamantis, called his lawyer on the eve of his sentencing hearing on Thursday to inform him that he “did not intend to return to the United States.”
Kosta Diamantis is now a fugitive in Greece after fleeing the U.S. by boat and plane ahead of his sentencing for corruption, his lawyer and prosecutors said.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former state deputy budget director, is in Greece after fleeing the U.S. ahead of his sentencing for corruption, his lawyer and prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday.
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