WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Paul Simpkins, a retired U.S. Navy official and former Singapore-based contractor, was sentenced Friday to six years in federal prison for taking some $350,000 in bribes and sexual favors, the Justice Department said.
Simpkins, 62, admitted to steering millions of dollars in Navy business to Leonard Glenn Francis, a Singapore-based contractor known as "Fat Leonard," and his company Glenn Defense Marine Asia. For some 25 years, the company has held contracts to resupply and refuel Naval ships and submarines in ports across Asia.