U.S. Navy admiral to enter guilty plea in bribery case
Source: Reuters
U.S. Navy admiral to enter guilty plea in bribery case
June 9, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy rear admiral is set to plead guilty on Thursday to a charge of lying to federal investigators, which would make him the highest-ranking officer to be convicted in the expanding "Fat Leonard" bribery case, prosecutors said.
Robert Gilbeau, a special assistant to the chief of the Navy Supply Corps, was scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in San Diego late Thursday afternoon, court records showed.
Kelly Thornton, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California, said in an email on Thursday that Gilbeau was set to plead guilty to one count of providing false information.
A guilty plea by Gilbeau would bring to 14 the number of people charged in the Singapore-based case, including former Glenn Defense Marine Asia Chief Executive Leonard Francis, a Malaysian businessman known as "Fat Leonard." He pleaded guilty last year to bribery charges. Nine of the 13 previously charged have pleaded guilty.
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