A retired U.S. Navy captain has pleaded guilty, while another former Navy officer was sentenced to prison in a wide-spanning Navy bribery scandal involving a Malaysian defense contractor.
Jeffrey Breslau, 52, of Georgia, pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to a criminal conflict of interest charge. So far 33 people have been charged in the case.
Leonard Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard," paid Breslau to ghostwrite his emails. Prosecutors say Francis overbilled the US Navy by more than $35 million for services for ships.
Francis, bribed Navy officials to help him overbill the Navy for fuel, food and other services his company provided to ships docked in Asian ports, according to prosecutors.
The bribes allegedly ranged from cash and prostitutes to Cuban cigars and Spanish suckling pigs.
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