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 Wilhelm Jurgen 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 ... (Read the full story)
