Navy corruption scandal mastermind "Fat Leonard" captured in Venezuela

A military contractor who served as the architect behind the "Fat Leonard" Navy scandal has been captured in Venezuela after he went on the lam earlier this month, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to CBS News Wednesday night.

Leonard Francis, who goes by the nickname "Fat Leonard," was detained on an Interpol red notice at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas while boarding a flight to Cuba, the U.S. Marshals Service told CBS News.

Leonard had been under house arrest in San Diego, and was days away from being sentenced, when he cut off his ankle bracelet in early September and fled.