A US Army vet turned soldier of fortune is being charged with murder and fraud in a three-state crime spree after being extradited from Ukraine by the FBI, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
Craig Austin Lang, 34, who fought as a mercenary in Venezuela, Africa and Ukraine, made his first appearance in federal court on charges that he and his cohorts allegedly pulled off a double murder in Florida and falsified passports in Arizona and North Carolina before fleeing overseas, federal prosecutors said.
“Lang’s alleged conduct is shocking in its scope and its callous disregard for human life,” Nicole Argentieri, principal deputy assistant of the Department of Justice criminal division, said in a statement.
“His wrongdoing, however, was no match for the efforts of dedicated law enforcement personnel and prosecutors in the United States and abroad,” Argentieri said.
US ‘soldier of fortune’ charged in Florida double-murder after extradition from Ukraine: feds
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Source:
New York Post
