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The retired U.S. Navy officers had all admitted to accepting bribes from Malaysian defense contractor Leonard Francis, nicknamed " Fat Leonard."
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the felony convictions of five retired military officers who had admitted to accepting bribes from a Malaysian contractor.
San Diego federal Judge Janis Sammartino reluctantly threw out the case against a former Navy officer and allowed four others to reduce their pleas to misdemeanors