‘Fat Leonard’ gets 15 years for plotting one of the US military’s biggest scandals

Leonard Francis also ordered to pay $20m restitution to the navy, after pleading guilty to bribery and fraud

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 US navy officers, federal prosecutors said.

Janis L Sammartino, the US district judge, also ordered Francis to pay $20m in restitution to the navy and a $150,000 fine, according to a statement from the US attorney’s office. He was also ordered to forfeit $35m in “ill-gotten proceeds from his crimes”, the statement said.

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