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Former Connecticut budget deputy Kosta Diamantis allegedly fled to Greece ahead of his bribery sentencing.

Prosecutors say it appears he traveled on a Greek passport.

News 12 is told that his lawyer found out from a phone call at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday that Diamantis was in Greece.

A judge plans to issue a bench warrant for his arrest.

Diamantis' sentencing is rescheduled for Sept. 30 at 10 a.m.

The judge indicated that Diamantis' second trial in December will go on as scheduled.

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