Legault had moved from Louisiana to Canada before a grand jury in New Orleans indicted him in 1986. He was ordered deported by Canada in 2002 and was a fugitive until his arrest last year.
Prosecutors say that the Egyptian government agreed to buy 5,000 metric tons of frozen chicken from Legault and wired more than $7 million to his corporate account, but he created fake documents to make it appear the chicken was aboard a Swedish vessel bound for Egypt.
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