'Fat Leonard' Navy contractor gets 15-year term for $35M fraud and fleeing house arrest
Foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis was sentenced in San Diego Tuesday to 15 years in prison.
'Fat Leonard' Set for Sentencing for Bribing Navy Officers, Fleeing Country
Francis’ sentencing follows a controversial trial of five Navy officers, guilty pleas from dozens of other defendants, and Francis’ own flight from the country while on house arrest. Prosecutors are seeking a prison term of 11 years and eight months for Francis,
‘Fat Leonard’ faces sentencing as epic Navy scandal nears end
Under plea agreement, the con man behind the most extensive corruption scandal in U.S. military history could be released from prison in as little as one year.
Ex-defense contractor ‘Fat Leonard’ sentenced to 15 years in huge bribery scheme
Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers,
'Fat Leonard,' Navy Contractor Behind One of the Military's Biggest Scandals, Sentenced to 15 Years
Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers
‘Fat Leonard,’ Navy scandal mastermind, sentenced to 15 years
Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for masterminding a bribery scheme that swept up dozens of Navy officers.
Malaysia’s ‘Fat Leonard’ gets 15 years’ jail for US Navy corruption scandal
The former fugitive provided prostitutes, first-class travel, luxury hotel stays and cash bribes to US naval officers, court documents show Leonard Francis, the Malaysian military contractor known as "Fat Leonard",
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Malaysian contractor ‘Fat Leonard’ gets 15 years in US Navy bribery scandal, ordered to pay RM94m
SAN DIEGO, Nov 6 — Leonard Francis, the Malaysian military contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” was sentenced to 15 years in ...
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Court of Appeal reserves ruling on bribery case involving former ministry sec-gen and son, new date to be set
The Court of Appeal has reserved its decision regarding the appeals of former Rural and Regional Development Ministry ...
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AirAsia's Tony Fernandes steps aside amid bribery probe
Tycoon Tony Fernandes has stepped aside as the chief executive of AirAsia while authorities probe bribery claims ... is now one of the wealthiest men in Malaysia, with a net worth of $530m ...
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A history of corporate bribery scandals
Bribery payments between 2001 and 2007 ... confessing it had bribed foreign officials in a number of firms in countries including Costa Rica, Honduras, Malaysia and Taiwan between 2001 and 2006.
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Contractor at Center of ‘Fat Leonard’ Navy Bribery Claims He Fled U.S. Over Credibility of Prosecutor
Francis’ mother died earlier this year in Malaysia while he was in custody ... While they described the bribery scheme as “aggravated and egregious,” prosecutors also wrote that “the ...
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Goldman Sachs to pay $3bn over 1MDB corruption scandal
Malaysia ex-PM given 12-year term for corruption ... The settlement with the US charged the parent company with bribery violations, but authorities agreed to defer prosecution.
Eric Adams to stand trial in April on corruption charges
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to stand trial on corruption charges on April 21, a federal judge ruled Friday, ...
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Mexico’s Ex-Security Chief Sentenced to 38 Years for Cartel Bribery
Echoes of China’s Housing Crash: A pop-up city in Malaysia was an audacious $100 billion project by a top Chinese developer. Today, it is a fraction of what had been planned and the developer is ...