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US Navy officers plied with cash, hotel rooms and prostitutes in ‘Fat Leonard’ Asian corruption scandal

By Phoebe Seers ( March 17, 2017, 06:54 GMT | Insight) -- High-ranking UN Navy officers sought and accepted gifts, cash, hotel rooms and prostitutes in Asia from naval supplier Glenn Defense Marine Asia's CEO in exchange for passing on classified information and using their influencing to pressure other officers into making decisions that would benefit businessman Leonard Francis's company, an unsealed US indictment alleges.  High-ranking UN Navy officers sought and accepted gifts, cash, hotel rooms and prostitutes in Asia from naval supplier Glenn Defense Marine Asia's CEO in exchange for passing on classified information and using their influencing to pressure other officers into making decisions that would benefit businessman Leonard Francis's company, an unsealed US indictment alleges....

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