SECNAV Spencer Censures Retired Admiral, 2 Other Officers in Ongoing ‘Fat Leonard’ Case
This post has been updated to include the letters of censure for Wren, Conroy and Johnson. Secretary of the Navy…
Top Stories 2017: Navy Operations
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime…
Former DESRON One CO Arraigned in Latest ‘Fat Leonard’ Court Martial
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — The former commander of a West Coast destroyer squadron was arraigned on charges related to…
Retired Admiral Censured in Ongoing ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigation
THE PENTAGON - Now-retired Rear Adm. Kenneth Norton received a letter of censure from Secretary of the Navy Richard V.…
Former Naval Intelligence Chief Ted Branch Cleared in ‘Fat Leonard’ Case
The Department of Justice will not prosecute Vice Adm. Ted Branch as part of the sprawling “Fat Leonard” corruption case…
Retired Captain Enters Guilty Plea in ‘Fat Leonard’ Bribery Scandal
A former deputy commander of Military Sealift Command-Far East on Friday pleaded guilty to a charge that he accepted prostitutes,…
UPDATED: Naval Academy Graduate Faces Bribery, Corruption Charges in First Military Prosecution in ‘Fat Leonard’ Case
This post has been updated with additional information from Monday’s Article 32 Hearing. NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, VA. – The first…
Timeline: The ‘Fat Leonard’ Case
The scandal embroiling Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis’s company, Glenn Marine Defense Asia and several high-ranking U.S. Navy officers outlined in the…
9 More Indicted in ‘Fat Leonard’ Investigation; Retired Admiral Arrested at Home
A federal court has indicted nine more officers – including a retired admiral — in the ongoing bribery and corruption…
Document: Federal Indictment of 8 Navy Officers, Marine in Ongoing ‘Fat Leonard’ Probe
The following is the U.S. District Court Southern District of California indictment — unsealed March 14, 2017 — of a…