Harry Cassin Publisher and Editor
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Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 9:28AM 
Retired Navy Capt. Jeffrey Breslau (Navy photo)A retired U.S. Navy captain who secretly edited documents and wrote emails for a defense contractor who was defrauding the Navy pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conflict of interest.
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, October 22, 2018 at 8:08AM 
Fomrer Navy Cmdr. Troy Amundson (U.S. Navy photo)A former U.S. Navy commander was sentenced to 30 months in prison Friday for taking bribes from a Singapore-based defense contractor in exchange for sensitive information about ship movements and port calls.
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, September 17, 2018 at 7:18AM 
Leonard Glenn Francis (image courtesy of Stars and Stripes)The Malaysian businessman who spent a decade bribing scores of U.S. Navy personnel with booze and prostitutes is too sick to be in a federal lockup and now has trouble walking.
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, August 20, 2018 at 7:28AM 
Captain David Haas (retired)A retired U.S. Navy captain and two senior enlisted men who were charged with taking bribes from a Singapore-based defense contractor now face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Rob Boudreau and Matt Reeder | Monday, May 14, 2018 at 8:02AM 
The Fat Leonard scandal first broke almost ten years ago, but it's still revealing corruption within the U.S. Navy. Whatever the tone at the top may have been, clearly the “mood in the middle” reflected, at best, hypocrisy within the military’s avowed culture of honor, loyalty and sacrifice.
Leonard Glenn Francis, iISO 37001 |
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, February 5, 2018 at 7:18AM 
A former U.S. Navy Commander pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy in the bribes-for-secrets scandal that has decimated the Navy's Pacific command.
Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 8:02AM 
An active-duty U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty Tuesday for helping a Singapore-based defense contractor cheat the Navy and obstructing a federal criminal investigation into the overbilling fraud.
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, August 14, 2017 at 7:18AM 
Two former executives of a Singapore-based defense contractor were sentenced to prison Friday for helping their employer in a $35 million fraud against the U.S. Navy.
Richard L. Cassin | Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 6:28AM 
Cmdr. David Morales in 2015. US Navy PhotoIn the first prosecution by the military related to the massive Glenn Defense Marine Asia scandal, a former F/A-18 Hornet pilot faced a preliminary hearing Monday.
Richard L. Cassin | Monday, June 19, 2017 at 6:18AM 
A retired Navy Captain who served as the U.S. Naval Attaché to the Philippines was sentenced Friday to 41 months in prison for helping a foreign defense contractor avoid vessel and cargo inspections by using diplomatic cover.
Richard L. Cassin | Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 7:28AM 
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau was sentenced to 18 months in prison Wednesday for lying about his 20-year relationship with Leonard Glenn Francis, the owner of the foreign defense contractor at the center of a massive bribery and fraud scandal.
Richard L. Cassin | Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 7:18AM 
Two Singaporean executives of Glenn Defense Marine Asia pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday for submitting bogus bids, phony claims, and inflated invoices to the U.S. Navy.