{"id":57525,"date":"2015-01-07T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57525"},"modified":"2015-01-07T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:40:06","slug":"navy-commander-pleads-guilty-to-accepting-bribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57525","title":{"rendered":"Navy Commander Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, CDR Jose Luis Sanchez pleaded guilty in Federal court to the crime of accepting bribes. He was the fifth individual and second member of the US Navy to plead guilty in connection with the Glenn Defense Marine Asia, Ltd. (AKA GDMA) scandal.\u00a0 Prosecutors have alleged that this scandal was based on insider information and allowed GDMA to overbill the US Navy for support for years, costing Uncle Sam at least $20 million.<\/p>\n

Per this Fox News article<\/a>,<\/p>\n

Sanchez admitted taking bribes valued between $30,000 and $120,000 from 2009 to 2013, including a prostitute, $7,500 to travel from Asia to the United States and five days at Singapore’s luxury Shangri-La Hotel, according to a 24-page plea agreement. In exchange, he provided classified Navy ship and submarine schedules and other internal information to Leonard Glenn Francis, chief executive of a Singapore-based company that provided services to vessels at ports.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The other member of the USN to plead guilty so far \u2013 Petty Officer (precise rank not specified) Daniel Layug \u2013 also admitted to providing classified Navy shipping schedules to Francis.<\/p>\n

Francis \u2013 termed \u201cFat Leonard\u201d by his confidants \u2013 was previously arrested (Sep 2013) on charges connected to the scandal. He has pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n

Sanchez was arrested as part of the same bribery scandal for which CDR(P) Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz \u2013 who Jonn\u2019s previously written about here at TAH<\/a> \u2013 was arrested about 16 months ago. Misiewicz was arrested on charges related to his own separate dealings with Leonard.\u00a0 After being arrested, Misiewicz pleaded not guilty charges of conspiracy to commit bribery.<\/p>\n

Sanchez\u2019s guilty plea yesterday included a five-page addendum that remains under seal. Perhaps coincidentally, CDR Misiewicz was indicted yesterday on seven (7) additional counts related to the scandal.\u00a0 It does not appear that he\u2019s yet entered a plea regarding the new charges against him.<\/p>\n

Sanchez is facing a maximum of 20 years in Federal prison. He\u2019s currently out on bail awaiting sentencing. He apparently needs his own assets to pay his lawyers, so he\u2019s convinced his mother and sister to back his bail bond with their assets.<\/p>\n

Personally, I hope the courts absolutely body-slam<\/em> every one of these guys damned hard when they’re convicted.\u00a0 To wit: \u00a0 a minimum<\/em> of 5 or 7 years hard time for each, and preferably closer to the max sentences allowed under law.<\/p>\n

That particularly goes for any military or Federal civilian personnel involved.\u00a0 These people were in positions of public trust; they betrayed that trust for a pittance. I think each needs at least 5 years – and preferably more – to reflect on both their sh!tbaggery and the pittance they received for selling-out Uncle Sam\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n

Was it worth it, assholes? Was it<\/em><\/span>?<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t answer right away. You can give us your answer when you get out of prison \u2013 if you ever do.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s OK by me if you die behind bars. But that\u2019s not my call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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