Corruption

Former Navy contracting supervisor jailed six years in bribes-for-secrets case 

A former high-level civilian employee for the U.S. Navy was sentenced to 72 months in prison Friday for taking bribes from a defense contractor based in Singapore.

Paul Simpkins, 62, of Haymarket, Virginia, acted as an inside man for Leonard Glenn Francis -- also known as Fat Leonard -- the president and CEO of Glenn Defense Marine Asia or GDMA.

Simpkins was sentenced by federal district judge Janis Sammartino in San Diego.

She also ordered him to pay $450,000 in restitution, forfeit $150,000, and pay a $50,000 fine. 

Simpkins pleaded guilty in June to bribery and conspiracy.

“Paul Simpkins abused his position as a Navy contracting officer to obtain cash, air travel, hotel rooms and prostitutes,” the DOJ's Leslie Caldwell said. 

Simpkins held several high-level jobs in the federal government, including supervisory contract specialist at the U.S. Navy Regional Contracting Center in Singapore.