Fat Leonard

Leonard Glen Francis was due for sentencing on 22 September for bribing US Navy officials for their influence and access to military intelligence, ...

He pleaded guilty to all charges including swindling the navy out of at least US$35 million in overcharges. Big story in the U.S. A Malaysian, he's just ESCAPED FROM DETENTION IN THE U.S.

Leonard Glenn Francis, former chief executive of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering $500000 in bribes to Navy officers.

He was set to be sentenced at the end of month. In exchange, the officers passed him classified information and even went so far as redirecting military vessels to ports that were lucrative for his Singapore-based ship servicing company. Two years later, he pleaded guilty to offering $500,000 in

Leonard Glenn Francis cut off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and fled, authorities say. The corruption scandal is considered one of the military's worst.

Francis has been on house arrest since at least 2018 and under the supervision of a federal agency that monitors defendants who are out of custody until sentencing. Marshals conceded to the station that Francis could be anywhere at this point. Castillo said neighbors witnessed U-Haul moving trucks coming to and from Francis' home in the days before his escape.

Authorities are searching for Leonard Glenn Francis, who was awaiting sentencing for masterminding a massive Navy bribery scandal.

Since pleading guilty in 2015, Francis has worked as a cooperating witness for federal prosecutors building cases against others involved in the plot — and shared evidence, including records from Glenn Defense Marine Asia’s computer servers. His home is under surveillance by a security entourage for which he pays. citizen, and all these senior naval officers would just snap on my command: ‘Do this,’ and they’ll move the ships for me.” He bribed Navy personnel in the Asia-Pacific region in exchange for classified information about ship movements to win more military contracts. [reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/fat-leonard-is-ailing-and-the-feds-are-keeping-his-whereabouts-a-secret/2018/05/22/44a785fc-5d09-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_30). There’s a $50 annual limit on accepting gifts from a single source. Most were later cleared of wrongdoing. The Navy prohibits personnel from accepting gifts worth more than $20. According to prosecutors, it was all part of an effort to swindle the military branch out of some $35 million. But investigators alleged that Francis’s company overcharged for its services and faked some invoices. Castillo did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night. [investigation by The Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/leaks-feasts-and-sex-parties-how-fat-leonard-infiltrated-the-navys-floating-headquarters-in-asia/2018/01/23/4d31555c-efdd-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_16) found.

Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian national behind the Fat Leonard scandal, escaped from house arrest in San Diego on Sunday morning, according to the ...

as part of a sting operation. They entered the building via an unsecured door and found it empty, with the monitoring device cut off. Francis even had aircraft carriers diverted to ports that his firm controlled so he could charge them for resupply. Francis, or "Fat Leonard", was arrested at a San Diego hotel in 2013, after being lured to the U.S. So far, 17 naval officers have pleaded guilty to offenses related to the scam, including former U.S. [ sailed through the Taiwan Strait](https://www.newsweek.com/us-navy-vessel-aircraft-china-air-force-taiwan-strait-1737917) in the first such operation since tensions with China increased in August, when [Nancy Pelosi](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/nancy-pelosi), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, visited the island. The U.S. Newsweek has contacted the U.S. In 2015, Francis, better known as "Fat Leonard", pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud charges, defrauding the U.S. Speaking to the San Diego Union-Tribune, neighbors said they had witnessed U-Haul trucks going in and out of Francis' multimillion-dollar compound, in the days leading up to his escape. Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian national behind the Fat Leonard scandal, escaped from house arrest in San Diego on Sunday morning, according to the U.S. He admitted using more than $500,000 to bribe officers of the U.S.

A Malaysian contractor known as "Fat Leonard" who was the key figure in a massive US navy bribery scandal has cut off his GPS anklet and escaped house ...

Leonard Francis, known as "Fat Leonard", who admitted to offering $500,000 in bribes to US navy officers, has reportedly gone on the run before his sentencing in three weeks. A Malaysian contractor known as "Fat Leonard" who was the key figure in a massive US navy bribery scandal has cut off his GPS anklet and escaped house arrest after previously pleading guilty. A Malaysian contractor at the centre of the US navy's worst corruption scandal escaped house arrest in California over the weekend after cutting off his GPS anklet, federal agents have said.

A FORMER Malaysian businessman convicted in one of the US Navy's biggest corruption schemes is on the run after escaping house arrest.According to CBS8.com, ...

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Leonard Glenn Francis, a Malaysian contractor for the U.S. Navy known as “Fat Leonard,” was scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 22. Now, Mr. Francis is wanted ...

Mr. Around 2018, Mr. He cooperated with prosecutors, leading to dozens of criminal indictments and the forced retirement of several top naval officers that gutted the Navy’s leadership ranks in the Asia-Pacific region. [pleaded guilty](https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-252B-6055?mod=article_inline) to charges including fraud and bribery. naval personnel to help steer business to his company, eventually gaining a near monopoly on contracts in the region, prosecutors said. Marshal Omar Castillo didn’t respond to requests for comment. Francis and his firm had overcharged the U.S. Francis is wanted for violating the conditions of his pretrial release, Leonard Glenn Francis, a Malaysian contractor for the U.S. Francis declined to comment. [corruption and criminal probe](https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-indicts-nine-naval-officers-in-contract-scandal-involving-lavish-favors-1489552552?mod=article_inline) involving U.S. Navy contracting has escaped from house arrest, the U.S.

A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as ...

Nearly a decade ago, Francis was arrested in a San Diego hotel as part of a federal sting operation. "That's the risk that is taken when defendants are on GPS monitoring, you know," he said. He said neighbors reported seeing U-Haul trucks coming and going from the home one or two days before the escape. Castillo said someone called the San Diego police department, which sent officers to the home shortly before 2 p.m. Attorney's office in San Diego declined to comment, referring calls to the U.S. The U.S. Pre-Trial Services, the federal agency in charge of his confinement, which then called the U.S. The device was found in the home. 17, 2020, after receiving a report that the home was left without anyone guarding it for nearly three hours, according to the court transcript. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself: U-Haul trucks were seen at his home in a tony San Diego neighborhood before Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard," snipped off his ankle monitor and disappeared. But officials acknowledged he may already be in Mexico, and possibly on his way back to Asia. At the time, Francis was cooperating with prosecutors as they pursued charges against dozens of Navy officials who accepted bribes in exchange for classified information that gave Francis' ship servicing business in Asia an edge in getting military contracts.

The 58-year-old Malaysian defence contractor was arrested in September 2013 on fraud and bribery charges after federal investigators lured him to San Diego on ...

I was just rolling them around.” PETALING JAYA: He started with having a couple of guns and was charged with possession of firearms when he was just 21. But Penang-born Leonard Glenn Francis was not one to let that stop him. I had them in my palm. By the time was in his 50s, he had the US Navy “under his control”. By the time he was 24, he was in jail.

Leonard Francis is at the heart of the worst corruption scandal to hit the US Navy in modern times.

Arrested in 2013 he pled guilty in 2015 to offering $500,000 in bribes to US Navy officers in an attempt to funnel official work towards his shipyards. A Malaysian businessman at the heart of the worst scandal to hit the US Navy in modern times has escaped house arrest, the US Marshals Service has said. The US justice department describes it as a colossal fraud that cost the navy tens of millions of dollars.

Leonard Francis, contractor in US navy's worst corruption scandal, was able not only to escape but also rented vans to load up his possessions.

The guard said later he had gone on lunch break. Francis’s house arrest arrangements were highly unusual, after he was released from prison in 2018 to undergo cancer treatment. Francis had been a cooperating witness for federal prosecutors in their cases against senior naval officers. His own sentencing hearing had been repeatedly postponed but was due on 22 September. When marshals arrived at Leonard Francis’s home in San Diego on Sunday, they found he had cut off his GPS ankle bracelet and fled, two weeks before his sentencing hearing. [wanted notice on Twitter](https://twitter.com/USMSSanDiego/status/1567227716130283521) on Tuesday.