Fat Leonard Claims Another Victim* A retired U.S. Navy civilian contracting official has admitted to taking a staggering $300,000 in bribes from a Singapore-based company that offered supply services to the Navy. Paul Simpkins, an Air Force vet, has become the 11th person to plead guilty in the ever-expanding “Fat Leonard” bribery scandal that has rocked the Navy, and in particular the Japan-based 7th Fleet. The head of the firm, Leonard Glenn Francis was a larger than life figure dubbed “Fat Leonard” by Navy officials, who he plied with cash, gifts, travel, and prostitutes in order to to steer lucrative Navy contracts to his company. As many as 200 people remain under investigation by the Navy, and 13 have already been charged, including several officers. But this whole thing is nowhere near over.
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