Eleven years after his arrest, a federal judge sentenced Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis to 15 years in prison Tuesday for bribing U.S. Navy officers and fleecing $35 million from the federal government in one of the biggest corruption schemes in Navy history.

Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers,

Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for masterminding a bribery scheme that swept up dozens of Navy officers.

Nearly a decade after pleading guilty to bribing numerous high-ranking Navy officials to benefit his ship husbanding company, foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis was sentenced in San Diego Tuesday to 15 years in prison.