Ex-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruption
Former Connecticut budget official Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis has fled to Greece to avoid sentencing for corruption. Diamantis escaped the U.S. by boat and plane before notifying his attorney via email. He previously served as a senior official under Governor Ned Lamont.
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. Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, 70, also sent his attorney a 10-page email accusing Gov. Ned Lamont of...
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