Fat Leonard's escape as stunning as his Navy bribery case
Nearly a dozen U.S. law enforcement agencies were searching for "Fat Leonard" on Tuesday. But officials acknowledged he may already be in Mexico, and possibly on his way back to Asia.
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Nearly a dozen U.S. law enforcement agencies were searching for "Fat Leonard" on Tuesday. But officials acknowledged he may already be in Mexico, and possibly on his way back to Asia.
Leonard Francis pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering $500,000 in bribes to Navy officers to steer official work to his shipyards
Leonard Francis is currently wanted for violating the conditions of his pretrial release.
Leonard Glenn Francis cut off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and fled, authorities say. The corruption scandal is considered one of the military's worst.
The military contractor who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal and was under house arrest in San Diego is now on the run...