'Fat Leonard': US Marshals offer US$40,000 reward for info on M'sian fugitive

SAN DIEGO (AP): The United States government posted a US$40,000 (RM180,000) reward on Friday (Sept 9) for information leading to the arrest of the Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed "Fat Leonard," who disappeared weeks before he was set to be sentenced for one of the largest bribery scandals in the nation’s military history.

Leonard Glenn Francis cut off his ankle monitoring bracelet at around 7:35am Sunday (Sept 4) at a San Diego home where he was being held, according to the US Marshals Service.