Convicted ex-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for bribery

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. Konstantinos Diamantis, 70, escaped the country before he could have faced 10 to 12 years in prison as requested by the […]

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