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Judge orders defense contractor in U.S. Navy bribery held without bail
Source: Reuters
Judge orders defense contractor in U.S. Navy bribery held without bail
BY MARTY GRAHAM
SAN DIEGO Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:04pm EST
(Reuters) - A Singapore-based defense contractor accused of plying U.S. Navy officials with cash, travel, concerts and prostitutes in a bid to win business for his firm was ordered held without bail by a federal judge in San Diego on Monday pending trial.
In reversing a tentative decision last week to grant $1 million bail to contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino cited the seriousness of the crimes he is accused of committing and said he had no strong links to the San Diego area.
"The court feels he is a flight risk. I don't believe the conditions that have been proposed have any real accountability," Sammartino said. "It's not often in this district we have a defendant that has as few ties to the district as Mr. Francis."
Francis, a 49-year-old Malaysian businessman, was arrested in San Diego on September 16. Six Navy officers and a Navy criminal investigator have also been touched by allegations in the probe.
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BY MARTY GRAHAM
SAN DIEGO Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:04pm EST
(Reuters) - A Singapore-based defense contractor accused of plying U.S. Navy officials with cash, travel, concerts and prostitutes in a bid to win business for his firm was ordered held without bail by a federal judge in San Diego on Monday pending trial.
In reversing a tentative decision last week to grant $1 million bail to contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino cited the seriousness of the crimes he is accused of committing and said he had no strong links to the San Diego area.
"The court feels he is a flight risk. I don't believe the conditions that have been proposed have any real accountability," Sammartino said. "It's not often in this district we have a defendant that has as few ties to the district as Mr. Francis."
Francis, a 49-year-old Malaysian businessman, was arrested in San Diego on September 16. Six Navy officers and a Navy criminal investigator have also been touched by allegations in the probe.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/26/us-usa-navy-scandal-idUSBRE9AO13Q20131126
