Coverage dated September 5, 2022 to September 6, 2022

U.S. authorities seek a defense contractor named Fat Leonard who fled house arrest

Headline from Delaware Public Media, on the newest of 2 developments

A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

Delaware Public Media's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Fat Leonard: Contractor Behind U.S. Navy Scandal Escapes House Arrest

    Headline from Newsweek ·

  2. Newest

    U.S. authorities seek a defense contractor named Fat Leonard who fled house arrest

    Headline from Delaware Public Media ·

Reports & sources

24 articles, oldest first.

  1. Newsweek

    Fat Leonard: Contractor Behind U.S. Navy Scandal Escapes House Arrest (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    Leonard Francis, or 'Fat Leonard', has admitted defrauding the U.S. Navy of at least $35 million and is to be sentenced in three weeks.

  2. The Week

  3. Washington Times

    Contractor ‘Fat Leonard’ of Navy corruption scandal flees house arrest (opens Washington Times)

    Published

    Washington Times's feed description

    A defense contractor who plied Navy officers with cash and prostitutes in exchange for classified information disappeared from house arrest only weeks before he was scheduled for sentencing in federal court, officials said.

  4. MyNorthwest

    Police: 'Fat Leonard' escapes house arrest in San Diego (opens MyNorthwest)

    Published

    MyNorthwest's feed description

    SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The military contractor who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the "Fat Leonard" corruption scandal and was under house arrest in San Diego

  5. The Guardian

    ‘Fat Leonard’, contractor in US navy’s worst corruption scandal, flees house arrest (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Leonard Francis pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering $500,000 in bribes to navy officers to steer work to his shipyards

  6. NBC News

    'Fat Leonard,' mastermind of Navy corruption scandal, flees house arrest (opens NBC News)

    Published

    NBC News's feed description

    Military contractor Leonard Glenn Francis had been under house arrest since at least 2018 and was due to be sentenced at the end of the month.

  7. The Guardian

    US Marshals Services face questions after ‘Fat Leonard’ flees house arrest (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    Leonard Francis, contractor in US navy’s worst corruption scandal, was able not only to escape but also rented vans to load up his possessions

  8. Bowling Green Daily News

    Fat Leonard's escape as stunning as his Navy bribery case (opens Bowling Green Daily News)

    Published

    Bowling Green Daily News's feed description

    The escape of the Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the Navy's biggest corruption scandals is as stunning and brazen as the case itself. U-Haul trucks were

  9. Sofrep

    'Fat Leonard' Escapes Home Arrest Weeks Before Sentencing on Worst Navy Bribery Scandal (opens Sofrep)

    Published

    Sofrep's feed description

    The "Fat Leonard" scandal has been one of the Navy's worst scandals.

  10. Delaware Public Media

    U.S. authorities seek a defense contractor named Fat Leonard who fled house arrest (opens Delaware Public Media)

    Published

    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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