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December 18, 2013

Navy Investigator Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case 
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A senior Navy investigator has pleaded guilty to bribery charges as part
of a widening corruption case involving top officers and a longtime
Pentagon contractor. John Beliveau is the first of six senior officials
to be linked to wrongdoing by the firm Glenn Defense Marine Asia. The
company’s executive, Leonard Glenn Francis, is accused of bribing Navy
officials with money, gifts and sex workers to win government contracts.
Glenn Defense Marine Asia has won hundreds of millions of dollars in
contracts to oversee port visits and security during Navy stops at
foreign harbors. Beliveau faces up to 20 years in prison.

 

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