A Malaysian businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his role in the US Navy's biggest corruption scandal and for skipping a previous sentencing hearing. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard",

Leonard Glenn Francis learned his fate Tuesday in what should be one of his final appearances in a San Diego courtroom

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

Former Navy contractor Leonard Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for his role in the scheme,

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

Leonard Francis, who ran a military contracting company out of Singapore, was arrested in 2013. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn "Fat Leonard" Francis was sentenced in San Diego Tuesday to 15 years in prison.

Leonard Francis' sentencing follows a controversial trial of five Navy officers, guilty pleas from dozens of other defendants, and Francis' own flight from the country while on house arrest.

A defense contractor turned international fugitive faces sentencing for orchestrating the Navy’s most sweeping bribery scandal as the Justice Department braces for fallout from its handling of the case in other prosecutions.

The former fugitive provided prostitutes, first-class travel, luxury hotel stays and cash bribes to US naval officers, court documents show.

Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard," masterminded an unprecedented bribery and fraud scheme targeting the U.S. Navy.