T he 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 ...

But in September 2022, while he was in San Diego awaiting to be sentenced, Mr. Francis, who was also known as Fat Leonard, cut off his GPS ankle monitor and fled to Mexico and Cuba. He was ...

also known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for his role in the scheme, according to federal ...

After 11 years following his initial arrest, Leonard Glenn Francis, aka "Fat Leonard," was sentenced for masterminding one of the biggest bribery and corruption scandals in U.S. military history.

He was also sentenced on Tuesday for fleeing the country ... A 16-day international search for “Fat Leonard” ended when Interpol detained him in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas as he ...

SAN DIEGO (Tribune News Service) — Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard” at the center of ...

SAN DIEGO — (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard "Fat Leonard" Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up ...

Convicted defense contractor Leonard "Fat Leonard" Francis who led a daring escape weeks before he was scheduled to be sentenced in 2022 made his first appearance in federal court in San Diego on ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up ...