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Former 7th Fleet Logistics Chief Sentenced to 30-Months in ‘Fat Leonard’ Bribery Case 

Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse in San Diego, Calif.

Six years after pleading guilty and admitting he took “lavish” bribes from a foreign defense contractor, a retired Navy captain was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison, U.S. prosecutors in San Diego, Calif., announced this week.

Capt. Jesus Vasquez Cantu, 64, is the latest former U.S. 7th Fleet official to be sentenced for conspiracy to commit bribery as part of the long-running corruption and bribery investigation...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/25/former-7th-fleet-logistics-chief-sentenced-to-30-months-in-fat-leonard-bribery-case

Former Navy Captain Sentenced to 30-Months Following Guilty Plea in ‘Fat Leonard’ Case

Then Cmdr. David Haas. US Navy Photo

A former U.S. 7th Fleet operations officer was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in federal prison – two years after pleading guilty – for taking bribes in exchange for steering lucrative contracts to a foreign defense contractor.

Retired Navy Capt. David W. Haas, 54, of Kailua, Hawaii, originally faced a longer prison time if convicted of eight counts in an August 2018 federal indictment into the wide corruption and bribery scandal surrounding Leonard Glenn...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/03/former-navy-captain-sentenced-to-30-months-in-fat-leonard-following-guilty-plea

INTERPOL: Fat Leonard Arrested in Venezuela Trying to Flee to Russia

Interpol Venezuela Image

After two weeks on the run, authorities in Venezuela arrested former defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis as he attempted to board a plane to Russia, officials said late Wednesday.

Francis was detained by Venezuelan authorities at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía on Tuesday morning, Interpol Venezuela Director General Carlos Garate Rondon said in a post on Instagram.

Francis “had entered the country from Mexico with a stopover in Cuba to...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/22/interpol-fat-leonard-arrested-in-venezuela-trying-to-flee-to-russia

Charges Dropped Against Retired Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless in ‘Fat Leonard’ Case

Retired Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless. US Navy Photo

A federal court dismissed charges against a retired rear admiral arrested in 2017 for his alleged role in the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal, according to a Thursday filing.

Retired Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless was charged with conspiracy, bribery and conspiracy to commit honest service fraud, according to the initial indictment against him and other Navy officials. In the indictment, the federal attorneys alleged the officers received meals, luxury...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/15/charges-dropped-against-retired-rear-adm-bruce-loveless-in-fat-leonard-case

New Details Revealed in ‘Fat Leonard’ Escape, Detention as Manhunt Continues

U.S. Marshals wanted poster for Leonard Francis

An international manhunt continued Tuesday for Leonard Glenn Francis, a former defense contractor and convicted mastermind of a multimillion-dollar U.S. Navy corruption case who fled custody from home detention Sunday morning, just weeks before he was to be sentenced to federal prison.

Francis, a Malaysian national and the former president of Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia, was convicted in 2015 after taking a plea deal in exchange for...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/06/new-details-revealed-in-fat-leonard-escape-detention-as-manhunt-continues

Jury convicts four of five Navy officers tried in GMDA bribery case

In the latest development in the “Fat Leonard” case, on Wednesday, a federal jury failed to reach a verdict on charges brought against retired Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless. Four other defendants — former U.S. Navy Captains David Newland, James Dolan and David Lausman and former Commander Mario Herrera — were convicted on all counts of accepting bribes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, the former CEO of Glenn Marine Defense Asia (GMDA). The jury did not reach a verdict on the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/jury-convicts-four-of-five-navy-officers-tried-in-gmda-bribery-case/

Former Navy Captain Pleads Guilty to Bribery in ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigation

Capt. Donald Gayle Hornbeck

A former U.S. 7th Fleet operations officer pleaded guilty to bribery, admitting in a federal court Wednesday that he took nearly $68,000 in gifts that included extravagant meals, prostitutes and luxury hotel stays from defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia, U.S. prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Former Capt. Donald Gayle Hornbeck handed over sensitive, classified ship-movement information and helped Leonard Glenn Francis recruit and manage a network of naval...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/03/former-navy-captain-pleads-guilty-to-bribery-in-fat-leonard-investigation

Navy Officer Pleads Guilty in ‘Fat Leonard’ Bribery Investigation as 6 Others Face Federal Trial

Undated photo of Leonard Francis

A former U.S. 7th Fleet staff officer and ship commander pleaded guilty Wednesday to two conspiracy charges in the major fraud and bribery case surrounding Glenn Defense Marine Asia and scores of Navy officials, U.S. prosecutors announced.

Cmdr. Stephen Shedd, 48, who was facing numerous charges of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud, appeared in federal court in San Diego, Calif., and admitted his role in an alleged conspiracy with eight other officials indicted...

https://news.usni.org/2022/01/27/navy-officer-pleads-guilty-in-fat-leonard-bribery-investigation-as-6-others-face-federal-trial

Another guilty plea in “Fat Leonard” case

U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Enrico DeGuzman has become the second of the “Seventh Fleet Nine” to enter a guilty plea in the ongoing “Fat Leonard” case.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, DeGuzman pleaded guilty to a bribery charge September 3, admitting that he accepted more than $67,000 in meals, drinks, entertainment and hotel stays in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo from foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis.

DeGuzman was one of nine...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/another-guilty-plea-in-fat-leonard-case/

Marine Colonel Changes Plea, Admits to Taking $67K in Bribes in ‘Fat Leonard’ Case

Undated photo of Leonard Francis

A Marine Corps officer once assigned to U.S. 7th Fleet headquarters has admitted he accepted $67,000 in bribes and helped recruit others into a “cabal” of Navy officials who helped steer and inflate contracts to a Singapore-based defense firm, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Col. Enrico “Rick” DeGuzman, 63, of Las Vegas, Nev., appeared in federal court in San Diego, Calif., on Friday and agreed to plead guilty to bribery of a public official, federal charges...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/03/marine-colonel-changes-plea-admits-to-taking-67k-in-bribes-in-fat-leonard-case

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