He was later arrested in 2023 after being found in Venezuela and brought back to the U.S. 'FAT LEONARD' FACES SENTENCING IN NAVY BRIBERY SCANDAL His sentencing covers both his role in the bribery and ...

The bribery and corruption that Francis had "fostered" within the US Navy over many years was "aggravated and egregious", but under custody, he helped investigators uncover "unprecedented levels of ...

luxurious dinners and travel paid for by defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis guilty of bribery and wire fraud. Following a four-month trial, 12 jurors unanimously found Capts. David ...

Leonard "Fat Leonard" Francis, 60, was sentenced to 164 months for the bribery and fraud charges and 16 months for failing to appear for his original sentencing hearing in 2022, according to the U ...

The USS Abraham Lincoln is the first U.S. aircraft carrier to stop at Port Klang in Malaysia in over ten years.

the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, will appeal the 15-year prison sentence that a San Diego federal ...

"Fat Leonard" Francis was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday for a sprawling Navy bribery scheme that engulfed scores of Navy officers. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File) Former military ...

Former Navy contractor Leonard Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for his ...

Leonard Francis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the worst ever corruption scandal the US Navy has experienced. The Malaysian military contractor wooed naval officers with decadent ...

His case came to be known as the Fat Leonard scandal because of Francis' rotund frame at that time. Francis was returned to California last December under a prisoner swap between the US and ...

the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of the U.S. Navy’s worst-ever bribery and corruption scandal, will appeal the 15-year prison sentence that a San Diego federal ...