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Former Navy captain in the US Seventh Fleet admits he was bribed with lavish meals and sex workers by a foreign defense contracto
msn.com ^ | 2/5/2022 | ashoaib@insider.com (Alia Shoaib)

Posted on 02/05/2022 8:11:28 PM PST by ransomnote

A former Navy captain pleaded guilty to bribery on Wednesday for accepting nearly $68,000 in luxury hotel rooms, dinners, alcohol-fueled parties, and sex workers from a Singapore-based defense contractor.

In his plea agreement, Donald Hornbeck, 61, admitted to accepting the gifts from Malaysian businessman Leonard Glenn Francis, nicknamed "Fat Leonard."

In exchange, Hornbeck shared confidential information with Francis and helped steer Seventh Fleet business to ports servicesd by Francis' ship husbanding company that serviced US Navy ships in the Asia Pacific region.

Authorities say that Francis overbilled the Navy over the years by over $35 million.

According to the Department of Justice, Francis picked up the bill for Hornbeck and others in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Japan, and Bangkok, Thailand, treating them to luxury hotels and lavish dinners of Wagyu beef lobster and caviar in top restaurants.  In May 2008, in Manilla, the Philippines, he paid for a "multi-day party" that included sex workers. 

Earlier that month, Francis hosted dinner at Mezza9 in Singapore, after which, Francis arranged for several sex workers to entertain Hornbeck and others, said the DOJ. The following day, Hornbeck emailed Francis to say thank you for a fantastic dinner. "Also really enjoyed my new Mongolian Friend," a reference to a sex worker, to which Francis noted: "Hot Mongolian [B]arbeque Ribs!" 

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KEYWORDS: contracto; donaldhornbeck; fatleonard
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1 posted on 02/05/2022 8:11:28 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

Could have been worse.

They might have sent him whores.


2 posted on 02/05/2022 8:15:22 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Lavish meals and sex workers? Not much of a negotiator, is he? Should have held out for regular meals and lavish sex workers.


3 posted on 02/05/2022 8:18:47 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ransomnote

Singapore is such a security hole it isn’t funny. China has more influence than anyone imagines and I would imagine there are more CCP spies there per capita than in any other english speaking country.

But their Rich! and it’s Cool and Modern!

They don’t have a free press and the government won’t even say how many Chinese nationals work there.


4 posted on 02/05/2022 8:20:15 PM PST by UNGN
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder, what genders, exactly, were these sex workers?


5 posted on 02/05/2022 8:26:00 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable.STILL )
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To: ransomnote

It’s legal if your last name is Biden.


6 posted on 02/05/2022 8:26:53 PM PST by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: ransomnote

$68,000?????

That’s his price?

At least Hunter could get millions despite his drug-addled mind.


7 posted on 02/05/2022 8:35:29 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: ransomnote

“...and lavish dinners of Wagyu beef lobster and caviar in top restaurants.”

So what’s the issue here?


8 posted on 02/05/2022 8:39:33 PM PST by BobL (Money is the most important thing in my life.)
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To: UNGN

“They don’t have a free press and the government won’t even say how many Chinese nationals work there.”

Very true, I’ve been to Singapore. Half the people there are Chinese. They’ve already lost.


9 posted on 02/05/2022 8:40:45 PM PST by BobL (Money is the most important thing in my life.)
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To: packagingguy

$68,000????? Seems low.


10 posted on 02/05/2022 8:56:27 PM PST by GOPJ (Hey Garland - it's not 'gun' violence - IT'S CRIMINAL VIOLENCE.)
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To: ransomnote
He "accepted sex workers" and "several sex workers 'entertained' Hornbeck"

"Dear, I just accepted their workers and they entertained me." Yeah, that will work.

Doesn't the MSN lexicon include "boink"?

11 posted on 02/05/2022 9:04:37 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If truckers quit their jobs, society would collapse. If politicians quit their jobs...HALLELUJAH!)
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To: ransomnote

He will be better known as Captain Donald Horndog.


12 posted on 02/05/2022 9:17:53 PM PST by Belteshazzar
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To: ransomnote

I guess the old adage “what goes on WestPac stays on WestPac” no longer applies.


13 posted on 02/05/2022 9:21:47 PM PST by NavyShoe
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To: ransomnote

“Donald Hornbeck, 61, admitted to accepting the gifts...”
He is fortunate to be busted now rather than get busted after his death. Fortunate, for sure. He must do full amends and return every penny, return every award and cancel all benefits. He is finished.


14 posted on 02/05/2022 9:50:26 PM PST by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: ransomnote

Meanwhile, Eric Swallwell was thinking “poor bastard should have been in Congress”.


15 posted on 02/05/2022 10:35:40 PM PST by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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To: BenLurkin

My thoughts exactly.

WTF are sex workers?


16 posted on 02/05/2022 11:03:52 PM PST by Veto! (Political Correctness offends me)
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To: Jeff Chandler

It seems America is for sale. Remember Rome was for sale before the fall.


17 posted on 02/05/2022 11:06:16 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade ( ALWAYS GO FORWARD AND NEVER GO BACK.)
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To: ransomnote

Lordy what a cheap jerk


18 posted on 02/06/2022 12:28:08 AM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: NavyShoe

“ I guess the old adage “what goes on WestPac stays on WestPac” no longer applies.”

😁


19 posted on 02/06/2022 12:46:37 AM PST by misanthrope (Deranged, sinister, deplorable troll)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
I hope his wife and his children, if he has any, and his parents are so proud of him....

probably he's a good Christian too....

this is why we have a Gen Miley....no morals, no character, no loyalty,no patriotism...

20 posted on 02/06/2022 12:57:46 AM PST by cherry (;)
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