New Haven — Former international fugitive Martin Frankel is due back in court Thursday, less than a month after getting out of prison.

Frankel was sentenced in 2004 to 17 years behind bars for devising a plot to cheat insurance companies out of $200 million to pay for a luxurious lifestyle that included a mansion in Greenwich, fancy cars, diamonds the size of nickels, and several girlfriends.

In 1999, Frankel triggered an international manhunt when he disappeared. He was arrested in Germany four months later. He pleaded guilty to 24 federal charges of fraud and racketeering, and cooperated with authorities in prosecuting other defendants in the case.

Frankel was released to a halfway house early last month, but arrested again on Sept. 16 and charged with violating the terms of his supervised release.