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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins

Ex-Connecticut official flees US by boat and plane ahead of corruption sentencing

A former high-ranking Connecticut budget authority has fled to Greece using a combination of boat and air travel prior to a federal corruption sentencing, according to statements made by prosecutors and defense counsel to a judge on Thursday.

Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis, 70, transmitted a 10-page email to his defense attorney alleging that Gov. Ned Lamont had politically targeted him through the legal system.

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