Post by Logan on Jun 23, 2016 21:40:25 GMT -6
Military contractor pleads guilty in 'Fat Leonard' bribery scandal
A former contracting official with the Navy who took hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and bribery charges.
Paul Simpkins, 62, admitted accepting cash and other gifts from Francis — the owner of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, a Singapore-based contractor that performed ship servicing work for Navy vessels in ports across southeast Asia.
Francis is at the center of a scheme in which he bribed officers and civilians in exchange for help getting Navy ships assigned to call at ports he controlled. He then would over-bill the Navy for services such as sewage disposal, ship protection and ground transport.
Francis has pleaded guilty and will have to pay $35 million in restitution — an estimate of the loss to the military.
Read more: www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-fat-leonard-plea-20160623-snap-story.html
A former contracting official with the Navy who took hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and bribery charges.
Paul Simpkins, 62, admitted accepting cash and other gifts from Francis — the owner of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, a Singapore-based contractor that performed ship servicing work for Navy vessels in ports across southeast Asia.
Francis is at the center of a scheme in which he bribed officers and civilians in exchange for help getting Navy ships assigned to call at ports he controlled. He then would over-bill the Navy for services such as sewage disposal, ship protection and ground transport.
Francis has pleaded guilty and will have to pay $35 million in restitution — an estimate of the loss to the military.
Read more: www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-fat-leonard-plea-20160623-snap-story.html