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Man in the center of a Navy bribery scandal, "Fat Leonard," to plead guilty
100507-N-9999E-001 PASCAGOULA, Miss (May 7, 2010) The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) San Diego (LPD 22) is escorted by tugboats from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Ingalls shipyard shortly after being launched in Pascagoula, Miss. The sixth San Antonio-class ship will be delivered to the Navy in 2011 and will be homeported in San Diego. (Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding by Ron Elias/Released)
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Story Published: Jan 15, 2015 at 7:36 AM PST
Story Updated: Jan 15, 2015 at 7:36 AM PST
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A Singapore-based contractor in the center of a Navy bribery scandal was expected to change his plea to guilty at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego Thursday.
Leonard Glenn Francis is expected to plead guilty to providing Navy personnel with cash, trips, entertainment and prostitutes in exchange for classified information about where ships were headed and other sensitive Navy information.
Authorities said Francis, 51, used that information to further his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, which provides what's known as "husbanding" services to Navy ships while they are docked at various ports. Such services include bringing fresh water to the ship, completing basic maintenance jobs and taking away the ship's trash.
In some cases, Francis' company was able to unfairly outbid other contracts and in other cases, ships were intentionally re-routed to ports where Francis could provide services, authorities alleged. Authorities also said that the scheme cost taxpayers more than $20 million.
Francis was arrested in 2013 after he was tricked into coming to San Diego for a business meeting. If Francis changes his plea as expected, he would be the sixth person out of seven people charged to plead guilty in the case.
The last person to plead guilty was Cmdr. Jose Luis Sanchez, 42, who admitted to the bribery scheme on Jan. 6 and admitted that he tipped Francis off about investigations into GDMA overbillings and briefed him on internal U.S. Navy deliberations.
Two other officials -- former NCIS Special Agent John Beliveau and Navy Petty Officer First Class Dan Layug -- previously pleaded guilty in the case, as well as former Glenn Defense Marine Asia executives Alex Wisidagama and Edmond Aruffo.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz, 47, is also charged but has not pleaded guilty.
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Man in the center of a Navy bribery scandal, "Fat Leonard," to plead guilty
100507-N-9999E-001 PASCAGOULA, Miss (May 7, 2010) The amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) San Diego (LPD 22) is escorted by tugboats from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Ingalls shipyard shortly after being launched in Pascagoula, Miss. The sixth San Antonio-class ship will be delivered to the Navy in 2011 and will be homeported in San Diego. (Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding by Ron Elias/Released)
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Story Published: Jan 15, 2015 at 7:36 AM PST
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A Singapore-based contractor in the center of a Navy bribery scandal was expected to change his plea to guilty at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego Thursday.
Leonard Glenn Francis is expected to plead guilty to providing Navy personnel with cash, trips, entertainment and prostitutes in exchange for classified information about where ships were headed and other sensitive Navy information.
Authorities said Francis, 51, used that information to further his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, which provides what's known as "husbanding" services to Navy ships while they are docked at various ports. Such services include bringing fresh water to the ship, completing basic maintenance jobs and taking away the ship's trash.
In some cases, Francis' company was able to unfairly outbid other contracts and in other cases, ships were intentionally re-routed to ports where Francis could provide services, authorities alleged. Authorities also said that the scheme cost taxpayers more than $20 million.
Francis was arrested in 2013 after he was tricked into coming to San Diego for a business meeting. If Francis changes his plea as expected, he would be the sixth person out of seven people charged to plead guilty in the case.
The last person to plead guilty was Cmdr. Jose Luis Sanchez, 42, who admitted to the bribery scheme on Jan. 6 and admitted that he tipped Francis off about investigations into GDMA overbillings and briefed him on internal U.S. Navy deliberations.
Two other officials -- former NCIS Special Agent John Beliveau and Navy Petty Officer First Class Dan Layug -- previously pleaded guilty in the case, as well as former Glenn Defense Marine Asia executives Alex Wisidagama and Edmond Aruffo.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz, 47, is also charged but has not pleaded guilty.
