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Friday, December 22, 2023
Here’s How NCIS Captured Fat Leonard (again)
Navy

Here’s How NCIS Captured Fat Leonard (again)

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

December 22, 2023
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Thursday, October 20, 2022
Venezuela Gives US Navy 60 Days To Prove Fat Leonard’s Guilt
Navy

Venezuela Gives US Navy 60 Days To Prove Fat Leonard’s Guilt

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

October 20, 2022
Total Views: 5219

Thursday, September 22, 2022
Judge Gavel
Defense

Venezuela Arrests ‘Fat Leonard’

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

September 22, 2022
Total Views: 2294

Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Judge Gavel
Navy

U.S. Authorities Offer $40,000 Reward for ‘Fat Leonard’ Tips Leading to Arrest

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

September 13, 2022
Total Views: 2483

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Fat Leonard Escapes From US Navy
Navy

Fat Leonard Escapes From US Navy

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

September 6, 2022
Total Views: 6751

Saturday, July 2, 2022
US Navy Huckster Fat Leonard Gets A TV Show
Navy

US Navy Huckster Fat Leonard Gets A TV Show

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

July 2, 2022
Total Views: 3678

Sunday, September 26, 2021
‘I Had The US Navy By The B*lls’ Says Fat Leonard In New Podcast Series
Navy

‘I Had The US Navy By The B*lls’ Says Fat Leonard In New Podcast Series

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

September 26, 2021
Total Views: 8373

Friday, September 3, 2021
Military Judge Advocate General gavel
Navy

Chief Pleads Guilty In US Navy Fat Leonard Scandal

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

September 3, 2021
Total Views: 4190

Thursday, May 7, 2020
U.S. Navy Suffering from ‘Failure in Leadership,’ Says Nominee to Lead It
Defense

U.S. Navy Suffering from ‘Failure in Leadership,’ Says Nominee to Lead It

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

May 7, 2020
Total Views: 84

Thursday, November 9, 2017
The Navy’s Crash Course on Accountability -James Stavridis
Interesting

The Navy’s Crash Course on Accountability -James Stavridis

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

November 9, 2017
Total Views: 463

Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Huge Scandal Continues To Rock US Navy
Navy

Huge Scandal Continues To Rock US Navy

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

March 15, 2017
Total Views: 106

Friday, March 25, 2016
Top U.S. Navy Officer Sentenced in “Fat Leonard” Bribery Scheme
News

Top U.S. Navy Officer Sentenced in “Fat Leonard” Bribery Scheme

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 25, 2016
Total Views: 142

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Singapore Manager Pleads Guilty in U.S. Navy Fraud Scheme
Navy

Singapore Manager Pleads Guilty in U.S. Navy Fraud Scheme

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

March 18, 2014
Total Views: 30

Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Leonard Glenn Francis
Defense

“Fat Leonard” Deemed Flight Risk by U.S. District Judge

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

November 26, 2013
Total Views: 117
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