US Rear Admiral Gets 18 Months in Jail for Lying About Foreign Contractor Ties

The US Department of Justice said that the US authorities have sentenced Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau to a year and a half in prison because he lied to investigators about his relations with a foreign defense contractor involved in a fraud scheme.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US authorities have sentenced Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau to a year and a half in prison because he lied to investigators about his relations with a foreign defense contractor involved in a fraud scheme, the US Department of Justice said in a press release on Wednesday.

"US Navy Rear Admiral Robert Gilbeau was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for lying to investigators to conceal his illicit 20-year relationship with Leonard Glenn Francis, the owner of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), the foreign defense contractor at the center of a major bribery and fraud scandal," the release stated.