Source: Independent [UK]
“A Malaysian businessman has been jailed for his part in an unprecedented bribery scandal that rocked the US Navy. Leonard Glenn Francis, 60, also known as ‘Fat Leonard,’ was sentenced to 15 years in prison in federal court on Tuesday, according to the Department of Justice. He was also ordered to pay $20m in compensation to the US Navy and a $150,000 fine. Francis’s company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, was also sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay a $36m fine. The convicted fraudster had admitted to a scam where he bribed senior Navy officials with millions of dollars in cash, sex workers, first-class travel expenses, luxurious hotel stays, watches, Spanish suckling pigs and Cuban cigars.” (11/06/24)