Leonard Glenn Francis – referred to as ‘Fats Leonard’ – had pleaded responsible in a $35m bribery case involving US Navy officers.
United States legislation enforcement companies have provided a $40,000 reward for info that results in the arrest of a Malaysian defence contractor who has fled forward of sentencing in one of many largest bribery scandals in US navy historical past.
Leonard Glenn Francis – popularly referred to as “Fats Leonard” – went on the run earlier this month after slicing off a GPS monitor hooked up to his ankle.
He was scheduled to be sentenced in late September after pleading responsible in 2015 to his function in a $35m bribery case involving senior US Navy officers.
“A reward of as much as $40,000 ($20,000 every) is being provided by each the US Marshals Service and NCIS [Naval Criminal Investigative Service] for info instantly helping within the apprehension of Francis,” the US Marshals Service mentioned in a wished discover that it tweeted on Saturday.
“Francis was going through as much as 25 years in jail when he reduce off his GPS ankle monitor on September 4, 2022 and fled,” the discover mentioned.
The US Marshals Service is providing a reward of as much as $40,000 for info main as much as the arrest of Leonard Francis. Also referred to as “Fats Leonard” Francis is needed for violating the situations of his pretrial launch. He was convicted of bribing naval officers. pic.twitter.com/gVmFrBYkb6
— USMS San Diego (@USMSSanDiego) September 10, 2022
Francis had been allowed to stay in house confinement to obtain medical care whereas he cooperated with prosecutors who, along with his assist, had secured the convictions of 33 of 34 defendants, together with greater than two dozen US Navy officers.
Neighbours instructed police that they’d noticed U-Haul vehicles coming and going from Francis’ house in San Diego days earlier than he disappeared.
Francis pleaded responsible in 2015 to providing prostitution companies, luxurious journey and resorts, lavish meals and greater than $500,000 in bribes to US Navy officers and others to assist his Singapore-based ship servicing firm, Glenn Protection Marine Asia Ltd. or GDMA, safe profitable US naval contracts.
Prosecutors mentioned the corporate then overcharged the Navy by at the least $35 million for servicing US ships, a lot of which have been routed to ports he managed within the Pacific with the help of the officers receiving his bribes.
Ten US companies are looking for Francis.
However officers acknowledged Francis could already be in Mexico, and presumably on his method again to Asia.
US authorities have issued a pink discover for Francis, which asks legislation enforcement worldwide to provisionally arrest somebody with the potential for extradition.
Malaysia and Singapore have extradition agreements with the US.