A U.S. Navy captain was sentenced to 46 months in prison on Friday for providing classified information to a Malaysian defense contractor in exchange for stays at lavish hotels and the services of prostitutes.
Captain Daniel Dusek, who is the highest-ranking officer to be charged in one of the navy’s worst bribery scandals, was also ordered by the federal court to pay a US$70,000 fine and US$30,000 in restitution to the navy.
Dusek, 49, pleaded guilty in January last year to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery for giving ship and submarine schedules to help Leonard Glenn Francis carry out a scheme in which his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., or GDMA, overcharged the maritime branch by more than US$34 million.
In exchange for ensuring that U.S. Navy ships stopped at ports where GDMA operated, Francis’ Singapore-based company provided favors and gifts to Dusek and other navy officers, which included fancy meals, alcohol, luxury hotel stays and prostitutes.
Dusek told the court he will never forgive himself for his actions.
Additional reporting by Associated Press
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