- A former Navy captain pleaded guilty to accepting nearly $68,000 in bribes from a foreign contractor.
- Donald Hornbeck accepted dinners, parties, and sex workers from businessman Leonard Glenn Francis.
- The "Fat Leonard" bribery scandal has led to the indictment of dozens of military officials.
A former Navy captain pleaded guilty to bribery on Wednesday for accepting nearly $68,000 in luxury hotel rooms, dinners, alcohol-fueled parties, and sex workers from a Singapore-based defense contractor.
In his plea agreement, Donald Hornbeck, 61, admitted to accepting the gifts from Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard."
In exchange, Hornbeck shared confidential information with Francis and helped steer Seventh Fleet business to ports servicesd by Francis' ship husbanding company that serviced US Navy ships in the Asia Pacific region.
Authorities say that Francis overbilled the Navy over the years by over $35 million.
According to the Department of Justice, Francis picked up the bill for Hornbeck and others in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Japan, and Bangkok, Thailand, treating them to luxury hotels and lavish dinners of Wagyu beef lobster and caviar in top restaurants. In May 2008, in Manilla, the Philippines, he paid for a "multi-day party" that included sex workers.
