{"id":23175,"date":"2022-01-26T23:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T23:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/26\/fat-leonard-scandal-brings-another-guilty-plea-from-a-navy-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:26:10","slug":"fat-leonard-scandal-brings-another-guilty-plea-from-a-navy-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/01\/26\/fat-leonard-scandal-brings-another-guilty-plea-from-a-navy-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fat Leonard\u2019 scandal brings another guilty plea from a Navy officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly a month before the start of the largest federal trial in the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/07\/23\/why-did-fat-leonard-show-up-this-former-cnos-change-of-command-he-was-on-the-vip-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFat Leonard\u201d<\/a> scandal, another Navy officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking bribes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis in exchange for classified ship schedules and other information, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cmdr. Stephen Shedd, 48, pleaded guilty in a San Diego court to bribery charges and admitted that he and eight other Navy members \u201creceived more than $250,000 in meals, entertainment, travel and hotel expenses, gifts, cash and the services of prostitutes\u201d from Francis, the rotund port services magnate, His company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia, provided husbanding services to ships in the U.S. 7th Fleet for years, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shedd and eight others were indicted in March 2017 for conspiring with and receiving bribes from Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He becomes the third of those original nine defendants to plead guilty ahead of the trial, which has been delayed several times and is now scheduled to begin on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining six defendants accused of \u201cconspiring to trade military secrets and substantial influence\u201d in exchange for Fat Leonard\u2019s perks include Rear Adm. 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He was on the VIP list<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Records show &quot;Leonard G. Francis&quot; was on former CNO Adm. 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