Ex-Connecticut official flees to Greece before sentencing for corruption

Konstantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former senior budget official for Connecticut's Democratic governor, has become a fugitive in Greece after fleeing the United States prior to his scheduled sentencing for corruption. Diamantis escaped the country using a combination of a boat and a plane.

The flight from justice was revealed to a federal judge on Thursday by both prosecutors and Diamantis's defense attorney. The development marks a dramatic turn in the corruption case, leaving authorities to deal with a convicted official outside U.S. jurisdiction.