The Malaysian contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” who bribed dozens of high-ranking U.S. Navy officers in the service’s worst-ever corruption scandal, was sentenced Tuesday in San Diego federal

Prosecutors said Leonard Francis was behind a decade-long scheme, in which he bribed Navy officials with millions of dollars in cash and gifts.

A Malaysian businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his role in the US Navy's biggest corruption scandal and for skipping a previous sentencing hearing. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as "Fat Leonard",