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 dozens of U.S. Navy ...

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.

SAN DIEGO — 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 dozens ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Leonard "Fat Leonard" Francis, 60, was sentenced to 164 months for the bribery and fraud charges and 16 months for failing to appear for his original sentencing hearing in 2022, according to the U ...

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 ...

Undated photo of Leonard Francis A federal judged on Tuesday sentenced Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis, the man behind a large Navy fraud and bribery scheme, to 15 years in prison. Francis ...

Francis, known as "Fat Leonard," pled guilty in 2015 to the ... bracelet in a water cooler just days before he was to be sentenced. The U.S. Marshals Service told CBS News Francis was detained ...

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 ...