The Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” who bribed dozens of high-ranking U.S. Navy officers in the service’s worst-ever corruption scandal, was sentenced Tuesday in San Diego ...

"Fat Leonard" Francis was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday for a sprawling Navy bribery scheme that engulfed scores of Navy officers. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP, File) Former military ...

U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy and a $150,000 fine, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Francis pleaded guilty to bribing Navy officers with fancy hotel stays, meals and prostitutes in exchange for classified information, persuading them to direct aircraft carriers to ports he ...

The U.S. Navy’s “Fat Leonard” bribery scandal cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, resulted in the investigation of hundreds of Navy personnel for potential corruption, led to nearly ...

Investigators say he bilked the U.S. military out of more than $35 million by buying off dozens of top-ranking Navy officers with booze, sex, lavish parties and other gifts. The scandal led to the ...

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 ...

U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy and a $150,000 fine, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Sammartino, who has served on the federal bench since 2007 and has overseen the prosecution of Francis and 32 other defendants in the Navy corruption scandal, is not bound by the recommendations ...

Prosecutors are recommending Francis be sentenced to about 12 years in prison for pocketing at least $35 million dollars in the largest bribery and corruption scandal in U.S. Navy history.