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BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

Malaysian contractor flees ahead of US Navy scandal sentencing

‘Fat Leonard’ cut off GPS monitor and fled California home weeks ahead of sentencing in extensive US Navy bribery case.

Al Jazeera

U.S. authorities seek a defense contractor named Fat Leonard who fled house arrest

A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

WEKU

Fat Leonard's escape as stunning as his Navy bribery case

The escape of the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the Navy's biggest corruption scandals is as stunning and brazen as the case itself

The Independent UK

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‘Fat Leonard,’ set to finally be sentenced in long-running Navy bribery scheme, is on the lam

SAN DIEGO — The military contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind behind the worst public corruption scandal in U.S. Navy history who was three weeks away from being sentenced in the case, is on the run.

Tribune News Service

First Thing: Judge grants Trump’s request for special master over Mar-a-Lago raid

Federal court accepts ex-president’s call for official to set aside materials potentially subject to privilege protections. Plus, Chris Rock on Will Smith’s apology video

The Guardian - UK

Military contractor ‘Fat Leonard’ accused of bribing US officials vanishes weeks before sentencing

‘They’ve let him slip right through their fingers’

The Independent UK

Malaysian contractor in U.S. Navy bribery case escapes house arrest - media

A Malaysian businessman at the center of a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal has escaped house arrest ahead of his impending sentencing by cutting off his monitoring anklet, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Monday.

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Jury convicts four former Navy officers in 'Fat Leonard' bribery trial

A federal jury in San Diego convicted four of five former U.S. naval officers of conspiracy, bribery and fraud on Wednesday, capping a four-month long trial and a decade-long investigation of the worst corruption scandal in the history of the Navy.

Tribune News Service

'Fat Leonard' will not be a prosecution witness in Navy bribery trial

SAN DIEGO — Leonard Glenn Francis, the military contractor better known as "Fat Leonard," will not be called by the prosecution to testify against five former naval officers charged with accepting bribes from him, it was revealed in court Monday.

Tribune News Service

‘Fat Leonard’ Navy bribery trial will resume while judge considers accusations against prosecutors

SAN DIEGO — Defense attorneys indicated Thursday they plan to request a mistrial in the “Fat Leonard” Navy bribery scandal, capping a highly unusual three-day special evidentiary hearing held to determine if prosecutors improperly failed to disclose exculpatory evidence or knowingly advanced a false narrative during the first several weeks…

Tribune News Service

Prosecutors accused of improperly withholding prostitute evidence in 'Fat Leonard' Navy bribery trial

SAN DIEGO — The trial of five former naval officers charged with taking bribes from the military contractor known as "Fat Leonard" abruptly ground to a halt this week with accusations that prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence that casts doubt on an alleged sexual tryst between a prostitute and one of…

Tribune News Service

Analysts: Navy bribery trial to expose pervasive problem

Dozens of U.S. Navy officials have admitted to being bought off by a gregarious, rotund Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who plied them with prostitutes, Cuban cigars and free stays at the Philippines’ Shangri-La hotel among other things

The Independent UK

Former Navy captain latest to plead guilty in 'Fat Leonard' scandal

SAN DIEGO — The fourth of nine Navy officers who were headed to trial in the "Fat Leonard" bribery scandal pleaded guilty on Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

US navy commander admits being bribed with cash and prostitutes

Commander Stephen Shedd pleads guilty to two bribery charges in ‘Fat Leonard’ case

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Plea deals mounting in 'Fat Leonard' Navy bribery case as trial nears

SAN DIEGO — The nine Navy officers allegedly called themselves the "Band of Brothers," joined together in their loyalty to the military contractor known as "Fat Leonard" and the ribald lifestyle he offered in Southeast Asia ports.

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