From Bloomberg: The German fugitive hedge fund manager who
more than five years ago fled the Spanish island of Mallorca with $500,000
hidden in his underwear and luggage faces U.S. charges after his arrest at the
Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Florian Homm, 53, was taken into custody by Italian police
at 12:30 p.m. on March 8 at the world-famous museum that houses Sandro
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Leonardo da Vinci’s Annunciation.
The arrest, by Homm’s own account as well as that of U.S.
prosecutors, followed his 2007 decision to leave behind a life of wealth,
castles and “bimbos.” During his escape, he held a Liberian diplomatic passport
as well as German and Irish passports, according to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
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