“Rotating Carousel Of Prostitutes” For Defense Contracts; 9 Navy Officers Charged In Bribery Scandal
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mar 15, 2017
The ironically named Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless (so many potential one-liners here but we’ll let you create your own), along with 8 other senior Navy officials, including four retired captains and a retired marine colonel, have been arrested today in the so-called ‘Fat Leonard’ bribery scandal and charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators.
According to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed today, the Navy officers worked together to help Singapore-based defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis (a.k.a. “Fat Leonard”) and his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), pull off a ‘colossal fraud’ that cost the Navy – and ultimately U.S. taxpayers – tens of millions of dollars.
The indictment alleges that, among other things, ‘Fat Leonard’ and his associates repeatedly bribed Navy officials with “meals, entertainment, travel and hotel expenses, gifts, cash, and the services of prostitutes.” Per RT:
The indictment also alleges that Francis frequently sponsored sex parties for many officers assigned to the ‘USS Blue Ridge’ and other warships.
The indictment mentions two port visits by the ‘Blue Ridge’ to Manila, the Philippines. During one, in February 2007, ‘Fat Leonard’ “paid for a lavish party and the services of prostitutes,” during which “historical memorabilia related to General Douglas MacArthur were used by the participants in sexual acts.”
Another port visit to Manila in May 2008, saw Francis host “a raging multi-day party, with a rotating carousel of prostitutes” at the Shangri-La Hotel. The navy officers allegedly drank all the Dom Pérignon champagne the hotel had, and the room and alcohol charges stacked up to $50,000 – all of which was apparently covered in full by Francis.
The Rest…HERE
