LOS ANGELES: Leonard Francis, the Malaysian military contractor known as "Fat Leonard," was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the US Navy's worst ever corruption scandal.
Francis, 60, was also ordered to pay US$20mil in restitution to the US Navy by a federal judge in San Diego and to forfeit $$35mil in ill-gotten gains, the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of California said in a statement.
