Fat Leonard

Leonard Glenn Francis, the infamous “Fat Leonard” behind the largest bribery and fraud scheme ever to hit the U.S. Navy, has been sentenced to 15 years in

By Nick Wadhams (Bloomberg) The Biden administration heralded a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Wednesday as a diplomatic breakthrough between two

by Deisy Buitrago (Reuters) Venezuela’s top court has ruled to give the U.S. government 60 days to request the extradition of fugitive Malaysian

Sept 22 (Reuters) – Venezuelan police have arrested a fugitive Malaysian businessman nicknamed ‘Fat Leonard’ who is at the center

The U.S. Marshals Service and Naval Criminal Investigative Service are offering a combined reward of up to $40,000—$20,000 from each agency—for any

Daniel Trotta (Reuters) A Malaysian businessman at the center of a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal has escaped house arrest ahead of his impending sentencing

Project Brazen today announced they have entered a deal with Peter Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians) to write a television adaptation chronicling the decades-long

by John Konrad (gCaptain) Fat Leonard is the worst scandal to hit the US Navy since Tailhook in 1991, but – despite 33 federal indictments, 22 guilty

Retired US Navy Chief Warrant Officer Robert Gorsuch admitted in federal court today that he received more than $45,000 in bribes from foreign defense

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) – The handling of a coronavirus outbreak aboard the Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier was

By James Stavridis (Bloomberg View) — In 1952, on a stormy night in the North Atlantic, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp cut the highly decorated World

By Marty Graham (Reuters) A retired U.S. Navy admiral appeared in federal court in San Diego on Tuesday on charges that he took bribes, including expensive

By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO, March 25 (Reuters) – A federal judge in San Diego on Friday sentenced a U.S. Navy captain caught in a $30 million bribery

March 18 (Bloomberg) — A former manager for a defense contractor who admitted overbilling the U.S. Navy more than $20 million became the second person to

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — A Singapore-based contractor accused of bribing U.S. Navy commanders with cash and prostitutes must be held without bail because of