PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have apprehended an Arizona man in France after he evaded the United States for years while on probation for sex crime convictions. The man, identified as Michael Robert Wiseman, aged 51, was detained earlier this month after being charged with sexually assaulting a minor in France.

Wiseman had been residing in the northeastern French town of Kilstett when he was taken into custody on November 1. Prior to settling in France, he had traveled through Vietnam and Poland, according to investigators.

Scottsdale police Sgt. Dustin Patrick revealed to Phoenix’s 12News that Wiseman was tracked down after attempting to obtain a pilot’s license in Spain under his real name. Investigators later found that Wiseman had adopted two children in Vietnam and acquired a legitimate Polish passport under an assumed name.

“His potential employer conducted a Google search on his name and discovered he was listed among Scottsdale’s most wanted, prompting them to contact Spanish authorities,” Patrick explained.

This marks the second occasion Wiseman has fled the U.S. in connection with his unresolved 2008 Arizona case.

While his charges were still pending, Wiseman cut off his ankle monitoring device and left the country in late 2008. The fugitive was arrested in 2009 in Spain, brought back to Arizona and pleaded guilty in metro Phoenix to three counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a child and one escape charge.

The charges stemmed from child sexual abuse material found on his computer.

In an interview with a probation employee, Wiseman said he left the country the first time after growing tired of the hardship from his wife leaving him after his 2008 arrest and his financial difficulties, according to court records.

Wiseman, who spent over two years in jail after his return from Spain, was sentenced in 2012 to lifetime probation and a one-year deferred jail sentence. The additional incarceration was later deleted by a judge in at least one of his two Arizona cases.

Then authorities say he skipped out of the United States for the second time after his 2012 sentencing.

The lawyer who last represented Wisemen in his criminal case no longer works as a public defender, and efforts to locate him through a bar directory and internet search weren’t successful.

Scottsdale police say Wiseman will be extradited to the United States after his French case is completed. Arizona prosecutors say there is no timeline for when the extradition will occur.