United States: On Friday, the US government announced a reward of US$40,000 for information leading to the arrest of Malaysian defense contractor "Fat Leonard" sentenced for one of the country's biggest bribery scandals in military history He had disappeared weeks before leaving.
According to the US Marshals Service, Leonard Glenn Francis broke his ankle monitor bracelet on September 4 at 7.35 a.m. (local time) at a home in San Diego where he was being kept.
Neighbors said they had seen U-Haul trucks passing through the house a few days before they went missing.
While cooperating with prosecutors, Francis was allowed to remain in home confinement for medical treatment. Prosecutors with their assistance were able to convict 33 of the 34 defendants, including more than two dozen Navy officers.
Francis charged his Singapore-based ship servicing company, Glen Defense Marine Asia Ltd, or GDMA, in 2015 for prostitution services, luxury hotels, cigars, gourmet food and bribes of more than US$500,000 to Navy officers and others. was found guilty of giving a bribe.
Prosecutors claimed that the company charged more than US$35 million for servicing the ships, many of which were deported to ports in the Pacific they controlled.
Francis is being sought by ten different agencies in the United States. US officials also issued a red notice, requesting that law enforcement around the world arrest anyone suspected of extradition. Malaysia and Singapore both have extradition treaties with the United States.
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