Hookers Part Of Alleged Navy Bribery Scheme

Pauline Repard at the San Diego Union-Tribune offers a piece on the U.S. Navy bribery scandal.

SAN DIEGO — The head of a Singapore-based defense contractor was charged in San Diego Tuesday with bribing a Navy commander and a criminal investigator with prostitutes and luxury travel in exchange for confidential information on multimillion-dollar work contracts.

 

One complaint alleges that the CEO of Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd. was slipped documents about a Naval Criminal Investigative Service fraud probe into how his company obtained a government contract potentially worth $125 million.

 

A second complaint alleges that Navy Cmdr. Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz gave the CEO tips months in advance about the worldwide movements of Navy ships, giving him the edge on obtaining other highly lucrative contracts to provide maintenance, repair and other port services.

 

The contractor, Leonard Glenn Francis, was arrested in San Diego Monday evening and appeared in federal court Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

 

The 58-year-old Malaysian national remains in custody pending a Friday detention hearing.
 

Misiewicz, 46, assigned to the Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, was arrested in Colorado Monday and NCIS supervisory Special Agent John Beliveau, 44, was arrested in Virginia.
 

Prosecutors said they will seek to bring Misiewicz and Beliveau to San Diego to face charges.

 

All three men are charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, which carries a five-year federal prison term. 

 

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

 

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/Sep/17/navy-contractor-bribery-glenn-defense/ 

 

You can also read an earlier post on the scandal via the below link:

 

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2013/09/us-navy-commander-navy-contractor-and.html 

U.S. Navy Commander, Navy Contractor and Navy Criminal Investigator Arrested In International Bribery Scheme

The Washington Times offers a piece on a bribery scheme.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Navy contractor, a naval commander and a Navy criminal investigator were arrested and charged with conspiracy in a bribery scheme to reap millions of dollars in port contracts worldwide, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Leonard Francis, the contractor, was arrested Monday in San Diego; Cmdr. Michael V. Misiewcz was arrested in Colorado; and John Beliveau II, a supervisory special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, was arrested in Virginia, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement. Each faces up to five years in prison if convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery.

An email seeking comment from an NCIS spokesman wasn’t immediately returned Tuesday evening.
Mr. Francis,  a Malaysian national who lives in Singapore, is the president and CEO of
Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia LTD., which has had “husbanding” contracts for Navy ships at ports worldwide for 25 years. 

The contracts — one of which was worth up to $125 million — involve providing services for ships and submarines in port, such as providing tugboats, security and transportation; paying customs fees; supplying food, fuel and water; and removing trash.

Prosecutors contend that Mr. Francis conspired to bribe the other men with luxury travel, prostitutes and gifts in exchange for information that allowed him to overcharge on port contracts by millions of dollars.

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

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/18/3-arrested-international-navy-bribery-scheme/