A deputy U.S. Marshal said Leonard Glenn Francis has fled the country and 'gone international'
Federal authorities offered a $40,000 reward Friday for information leading to the arrest of Leonard Glenn Francis, the military contractor at the center of a massive Navy corruption scandal who cut off his GPS monitor andThe whereabouts of the man known as “Fat Leonard” were unknown as of Friday, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Omar Castillo said in a news release.
Francis is a Malaysian national who ran his military contracting firm, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, from Singapore. His company serviced visiting Navy ships in ports he controlled across Southeast Asia, and for years he bribed Navy officers with ritzy parties, the services of prostitutes and lavish gifts, allowing him to earn millions of dollars from Navy contracts.Federal authorities arrested him in 2013 in a San Diego hotel room as part of a sting operation.
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