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$40K offered for info to find fugitive in Navy bribery case

The U.S. government is offering a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Leonard Glenn Francis, the mastermind of one of the largest bribery scandals in the nation's military history

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2022

Malaysian contractor flees ahead of US Navy scandal sentencing

‘Fat Leonard’ cut off GPS monitor and fled California home weeks ahead of sentencing in extensive US Navy bribery case.

Al Jazeera · Sep 7, 2022

U.S. authorities seek a defense contractor named Fat Leonard who fled house arrest

A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

WEKU · Sep 7, 2022

Malaysian contractor in U.S. Navy bribery case escapes house arrest - media

A Malaysian businessman at the center of a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal has escaped house arrest ahead of his impending sentencing by cutting off his monitoring anklet, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Monday.

Reuters · Sep 6, 2022

Jury convicts four former Navy officers in 'Fat Leonard' bribery trial

A federal jury in San Diego convicted four of five former U.S. naval officers of conspiracy, bribery and fraud on Wednesday, capping a four-month long trial and a decade-long investigation of the worst corruption scandal in the history of the Navy.

Tribune News Service · Jun 30, 2022

'Fat Leonard' will not be a prosecution witness in Navy bribery trial

SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the military contractor better known as "Fat Leonard," will not be called by the prosecution to testify against five former naval officers charged with accepting bribes from him, it was revealed in court Monday.

Tribune News Service · May 2, 2022

‘Fat Leonard’ Navy bribery trial will resume while judge considers accusations against prosecutors

SAN DIEGO — Defense attorneys indicated Thursday they plan to request a mistrial in the “Fat Leonard” Navy bribery scandal, capping a highly unusual three-day special evidentiary hearing held to determine if prosecutors improperly failed to disclose exculpatory evidence or knowingly advanced a false narrative during the first several weeks…

Tribune News Service · Apr 29, 2022

Prosecutors accused of improperly withholding prostitute evidence in 'Fat Leonard' Navy bribery trial

SAN DIEGO — The trial of five former naval officers charged with taking bribes from the military contractor known as "Fat Leonard" abruptly ground to a halt this week with accusations that prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence that casts doubt on an alleged sexual tryst between a prostitute and one of…

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2022

Analysts: Navy bribery trial to expose pervasive problem

Dozens of U.S. Navy officials have admitted to being bought off by a gregarious, rotund Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who plied them with prostitutes, Cuban cigars and free stays at the Philippines’ Shangri-La hotel among other things

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

Former Navy captain latest to plead guilty in 'Fat Leonard' scandal

SAN DIEGO — The fourth of nine Navy officers who were headed to trial in the "Fat Leonard" bribery scandal pleaded guilty on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2022