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Whitlock, Craig, author.

Fat Leonard : how one man bribed, bilked, and seduced the U.S. Navy / Craig Whitlock.

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.

©2024

x, 460 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm

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This story of one of the most significant public corruption scandals in American history chronicles how a Malaysian defense contractor defrauded the U.S. Navy of tens of millions of dollars and put our nation's security at risk.

Francis, Leonard Glenn, 1964-

United States. Navy -- Procurement.

United States. Navy -- Corrupt practices.

Swindlers and swindling -- Southeast Asia.

Defense contracts -- Corrupt practices -- Southeast Asia.

Defense contracts -- Malaysia.

How one man bribed, bilked, and seduced the U.S. Navy

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-445) and index.

Chain of command -- Ships of the Seventh Fleet -- Prologue -- Part one: 1986-2005. A good whipping -- The striver -- Ring of steel -- Leonard the legend -- Part two: 2006. Mr. Make-It-Happen -- Naked bribery -- Seducing the Seventh Fleet -- Grand ambitions -- The wedding planner -- Part three: 2007-2011. Leaky embassies -- Dirty secrets -- The nemesis -- Mikey -- The special agent -- Part four: 2011-2012. Spousal privileges -- Change of command -- The ghostwriter -- Spy vs. spy -- The birthday ball -- Loose lips sink ships -- Part five: 2013. Family man -- Baiting a trap -- Party on -- Busted -- Shock waves -- Panic attacks -- Part six: 2013-2014. Spilling some beans -- Twig -- Crazy Bob -- The admirals strike back -- Part seven: 2015-2022. Flipped -- Bad memories -- A secret prognosis -- The great escape -- Epilogue.

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