Fat Leonard granted bail but remains in jail in 'sex for US navy secrets' case


WASHINGTON: Malaysian Leonard Glenn Francis (pic), who was charged in a widening bribery scandal, was granted US$1mil (RM3.2mil) bail on Thursday. However, the federal magistrate stayed her ruling pending a review by another judge, meaning he would have to remain in jail for the time being.

Magistrate Judge Jan Adler also ordered Francis to wear a GPS monitoring device and install a sophisticated home security system that would allow monitoring of his whereabouts, according to Reuters.

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