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Retired CPO Gets Prison in Continuing Federal Probe into ‘Fat Leonard’ Navy Corruption Scandal

Undated photo of Leonard Francis

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A federal judge issued a 27-month prison sentence for a retired sailor who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery in the ongoing investigation into Glenn Defense Marine Asia and Navy officials who served in the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Retired Chief Petty Officer Brooks Alonso Parks, 48, of Upper Marlboro, Md., also was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Janis L. Sammartino to pay $25,405.76 in restitution, federal prosecutors...

https://news.usni.org/2020/11/03/retired-cpo-gets-prison-in-continuing-federal-probe-into-fat-leonard-navy-corruption-scandal

Top Stories 2019: Law, Policy and the Navy

This post is part of a series of review stories looking back at the top naval news from 2019.

The Gallagher Case, Aftermath

Arguably no criminal case has changed the Navy more than the service’s troubled prosecution of Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher.

After an investigation sparked from complaints from fellow SEALs, the service charged Gallagher “with murder, attempted murder and a string of other alleged war crimes,” as part of a deployment in 2017 with SEAL Team 7, reported Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/02/top-stories-2019-law-policy-and-the-navy

Retired MSC Ship Master Admits Husbanding Contract Conspiracy, Fined $2,100

The dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) during a replenishment-at-sea in 2019. US Navy Photo

A former Military Sealift Command ship captain admitted he received high-speed rail travel and hotel stays, an iPad and expenses for a two-week, holiday family trip to South Korea in exchange for giving a South Korea-based husbanding company details about scheduled port visits.

James Russell Driver III was the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/31/retired-msc-ship-master-admits-husbanding-contract-conspiracy-fined-2100

Top Stories 2018: Major Navy Legal Cases

Several high profile legal actions for the Navy occurred in 2018 from the ongoing Fat Leonard investigation to several special operations cases and the ongoing accountability actions for the Western Pacific destroyer collisions that killed 17 sailors.

Western Pacific Collisions

USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is pulled towards a pier after departing from a dry dock at Fleet Activities Yokosuka on Nov. 27, 2018. US Navy Photo

Navy leadership issued criminal charges to sailors involved in the 2017 fatal...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/28/top-stories-2018-major-navy-legal-cases

Former Navy Public Affairs Officer Pleads Guilty, Retired Master Chief Gets Prison Time in ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigation

Undated photo of Leonard Francis

A former Navy public affairs officer pleaded guilty to a conflict-of-interest charge on Tuesday, admitting to a federal judge in San Diego his role in the continuing “Fat Leonard” Navy corruption investigation.

Retired Capt. Jeffrey Breslau, 52, of Cumming, Ga., admitted that he was paid about $65,000 for public-relations consulting services from Leonard Glenn Francis, the indicted owner and chief executive of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), according to the...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/13/former-navy-public-affairs-officer-pleads-guilty-retired-master-chief-gets-prison-time-fat-leonard-investigation