Corrupt Retired Master Chief Pleads Guilty In ‘Fat Leonard’ Navy Scandal

Geoff Ziezulewicz at the Navy Times offers a piece on the latest case in the U.S. Navy’s ‘Fat Leonard’s bribery and fraud scandal.

A retired master chief pleaded guilty in San Diego last week to taking kickbacks and became the latest casualty in the Navy’s ongoing “Fat Leonard” public corruption scandal. 

Ricarte I. David, 61, copped to one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud on Sept. 5, less than a month after prosecutors unveiled a grand jury indictment against him, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

As part of his plea deal, David confessed to receiving luxury hotel stays and envelopes stuffed with cash from the ship servicing contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia and its portly Malaysian magnate, Leonard Glenn “Fat Leonard” Francis, between 2005 and 2009.

In exchange, David signed off on inflated invoices for water, trash and other port services for vessels in the Japan-based 7th Fleet.

David held key logistics positions in the west Pacific between 2001 and 2010, including stints on the amphibious warship Essex and the aircraft carriers Kitty Hawk and George Washington.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/09/13/retired-master-chief-pleads-guilty-to-role-in-fat-leonard-scandal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ebb%2014.09.18&utm_

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You can also read my Counterterrorism magazine piece on the Fat Leonard scandal via the below link:

www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2017/03/my-piece-on-fat-leonard-us-navy-bribery.html