*Singapore: *A 57-year-old Indian-origin Singaporean woman, accused ofbeing involved in the largest bribery case in the history of the US Navy,may face a jail term of more than three years, a media report said today.
Sharon Rachael Gursharan Kaur, who was a lead contract specialist for theUS Navy, was allegedly involved in the $35-million ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal,which resulted in the arrest and conviction of several senior officers ofthe US Navy, including a rear admiral, The Straits Times reported.
Kaur, was based at the US Navy’s Supply Systems Command Fleet LogisticsCentre in Singapore. The court heard yesterday that she received more thanSGD 130,000 in bribes from Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian chiefexecutive of Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) — a subsidiary ofSingapore-based Glenn Marine Group — which provides goods and services forAmerican ships in at least a dozen countries in Asia.
link:>by Taboolalink:>Sponsored Linkslink:>.link>CompletedPremier League 2018-19 transfers – arrivals, departures & contractsexpiring for all 20 clubsGoallink>Francis, also known to several US Navy personnel as “Fat Leonard”, hadallegedly paid Kaur bribes between 2006 and 2011 as a reward for giving himinformation about the US Navy that was not available to the public. Shewould disclose procurement-sensitive data and price information of hisfirm’s competitors. As a result, he was able to prepare more competitivebids to secure lucrative contracts with the US Navy.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Jiang Ke-Yue told the court that the informationshe leaked was linked to 16 US Navy contracts. GDMA submitted bids for 14of them and was awarded 11 contracts worth some $48 million in total.
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The prosecution made its submissions to the court and asked for Kaur to behanded over a jail term of at least three years and seven months, the papersaid.