SAN DIEGO — The U.S. authorities posted a $40,000 reward Friday for info resulting in the arrest of the Malaysian protection contractor nicknamed “Fats Leonard,” who disappeared weeks earlier than he was set to be sentenced for one of many largest bribery scandals within the nation’s army historical past.
Leonard Glenn Francis lower off his ankle monitoring bracelet round 7:35 a.m. final Sunday at a San Diego dwelling the place he was being held, in response to the U.S. Marshals Service. Neighbors reported seeing U-Haul vehicles coming and going from the house days earlier than he disappeared.
Francis had been allowed to stay in dwelling confinement to obtain medical care whereas he cooperated with the prosecution. Together with his assist, prosecutors secured convictions of 33 of 34 defendants, together with greater than two dozen Navy officers.
Francis pleaded responsible in 2015 to providing prostitution companies, luxurious inns, cigars, connoisseur meals and greater than $500,000 in bribes to Navy officers and others to assist his Singapore-based ship servicing firm, Glenn Protection Marine Asia Ltd. or GDMA. Prosecutors mentioned the corporate overcharged the Navy by not less than $35 million for servicing ships, a lot of which had been routed to ports he managed within the Pacific.
Ten U.S. businesses are trying to find Francis. U.S. authorities additionally issued a purple discover, which asks regulation enforcement worldwide to provisionally arrest somebody with the potential for extradition. Malaysia and Sinapore each have extradition agreements with america.
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