{"id":42306,"date":"2021-09-02T20:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T20:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/02\/retired-chief-warrant-officer-pleads-guilty-in-fat-leonard-case\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:04:26","slug":"retired-chief-warrant-officer-pleads-guilty-in-fat-leonard-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/09\/02\/retired-chief-warrant-officer-pleads-guilty-in-fat-leonard-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired chief warrant officer pleads guilty in \u2018Fat Leonard\u2019 case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another domino 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 fell this week, as retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer Robert Gorsuch pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking more than $45,000 in bribes in exchange for sharing classified ship schedules with the owner of a Singapore-based port services company, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdca\/pr\/chief-warrant-officer-pleads-guilty-international-navy-bribery-and-fraud-scandal\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of California<\/a> announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gorsuch, 54, is one of nine officers indicted in 2017 for their alleged role in the kickback scheme spearheaded by <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 Glenn Francis<\/a>, a magnate who owned Glenn Defense Marine Asia, a company that raked in lucrative port servicing contracts from the Navy while plying officers in the West Pacific with luxury hotel stays, meals, prostitutes and other perks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gorsuch served as the flag administration officer for the Japan-based U.S. 7th Fleet from 2005 to 2008, according to a release announcing his guilty plea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his plea agreement, Gorsuch admitted to taking several bribes from Francis during those years, including attending a high-end $15,000 party at a hotel in Manila, Philippines in 2007, for which Francis footed the bill, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other kickbacks that Gorsuch admitted to taking include a stay at the Shangri-La hotel in the Philippines that same year, and several nights at luxe hotels in Malaysia and Tokyo, the attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/07\/23\/why-did-fat-leonard-show-up-this-former-cnos-change-of-command-he-was-on-the-vip-list\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/roughead-and-fat-leonard.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How did Fat Leonard attend this former CNO\u2019s change of command? 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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Bruce Loveless, captains David Newland, James Dolan, Donald Hornbeck and David Lausman, Marine Corps Col. Enrico DeGuzman, Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Shedd and Cmdr. Mario Herrera. All have pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/08\/fat-leonard-wrongdoing-not-a-definite-career-killer-for-navy-officers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/USS-Salvor.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Fat Leonard\u2019 wrongdoing not a definite career killer for Navy officers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Disciplinary records show several 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GDMA win and maintain contracts and overbill the Navy by over $35 million,\u201d the prosecutor\u2019s office said in its release announcing Gorsuch\u2019s guilty plea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Justice Department passed hundreds of lower-level cases back to the Navy for adjudication\u2014including some involving 60 admirals \u2014 but Navy officials have declined to say how those cases were adjudicated, citing \u201cthe ongoing nature of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Gorsuch was indicted with eight other officers in 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