A fugitive Kentucky lawyer who disappeared six months ago before facing a prison sentence for his central role in a massive Social Security fraud case has been captured in Honduras and will be returned to the U.S., officials said. He fueled that persona with outlandish TV commercials and small-scale replicas of the Statue of Liberty and the Lincoln Memorial at his office in eastern Kentucky. Most of his clients in the impoverished coalfields of eastern Kentucky and West Virginia had to fight to try to keep their disability checks. Ned Pillersdorf, an eastern Kentucky attorney who is representing hundreds of Conn's former clients, said Conn's scheme caused a "true humanitarian crisis." The indictment charged Wyatt with aiding in Conn's escape and abetting Conn's failure to appear.

Source: ABC News December 05, 2017 10:41 UTC