Former Capt. Jesús Vasquez Cantú, who pleaded guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge, told judge he 'tarnished the public's perception of the Navy'
For a few months in 2007 while stationed in the western Pacific, former Navy Capt. Jesús Vasquez Cantú accepted bribes as part of the corruption scheme run by defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis.
But as a junior officer at the time, Cantú didn’t have the cachet to make his own demands of the man known as “Fat Leonard.” That changed in 2012 when Cantú, after several years away, was sent back to the western Pacific, this time in a more senior role. He alerted Francis to his return, later testifying that he did so in order to renew their relationship and believing that he could now name his price. While some officers preferred their bribes in the form of vintage wine and fine dining, Cantú had a taste for expensive hotels and the services of prostitutes — both of which Francis provided him up until authorities arrested Francis in 2013 in a San Diego hotel room.
“I am profoundly sorry,” Cantú told the judge, saying that he failed his family, betrayed his country and broke his oath. “I tarnished the public’s perception of the Navy.” The judge also ordered the 65-year-old Washington state resident to pay $100,000 in restitution and a $75,000 fine, which the former captain promised to do before he reports to prison in May.
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