How can the DOJ negotiate with a fugitive?

[Anonymous]

I don't get this. Guy embezzles hundreds of millions of dollars from a country and is on the run and faces serious jail time. But the US DOJ is able to contact him and negotiate with him to forfeit some of his ill-gotten gains, but can't force him to jail when the countries pursuing him to jail him can't seem to find him?

https://nypost.com/2024/06/26/business/jho-low-cuts-100m-doj-deal-to-forfeit-warhol-monet-paintings/

Fugitive financier Jho Low cuts $100M DOJ deal to forfeit Warhol, Monet paintings. A fugitive Malaysian money man who once partied with Leonardo DiCaprio, Paris Hilton and Usher has struck a $100 million deal with the feds to settle two lawsuits that accused him of buying luxury artworks with embezzled funds.

US officials said Jho Low, now believed to be living in China, has agreed to fork over paintings by Claude Monet and Andy Warhol as part of the settlement, as well as an upmarket Paris apartment.

In a statement, the Department of Justice said Low is also handing over property and cash worth $67 million that he had laundered in Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong.The 42-year-old Wharton grad allegedly snapped up a string of assets using funds from Malaysia’s troubled sovereign investment vehicle 1MDB that he ran to bankroll his infamously extravagant lifestyle.Low, also known as Low Taek Jho, was a fixture on the New York party scene in the mid-2010’s until his playboy image was shattered after the Obama administration announced plans in 2016 to claw back more than $1 billion in ill-gotten gains.

Prosecutors accuse Low of paying billions in bribes to win business for 1MDB that was laundered in the United States through costly real estate investments and even financing Hollywood films.But Low continues to evade justice and still faces criminal charges in New York for his role in the scheme.