On December 20, 2013 during a Pentagon News conference Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus addressed the fraud scandal revolving contracting giant Glenn Defense Marine.
The Glenn Marine Group of Companies (GMG) is a premier integrated maritime service provider and asset owner that deliver innovative and dependable solutions to clients in five key areas: (1) Naval Logistics, (2) Marine Husbanding, (3) Offshore Oil and Gas, (4) Passenger Cruise Terminal, and (5) Container Port Operation.
The company overcharged the Navy for goods and services by an amount that exceeded 10 million dollars. The company’s chief executive, Leonard Glenn Francis, allegedly recruited two moles within the United States Seventh Fleet and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), who would alert him when naval auditors tried to investigate very suspicious business transactions with Glenn Marine. Also caught in the sting was Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz, who was the commanding officer of the USS Mustin, a guided missile destroyer at the time – he has been charged with accepting paid travel, the services of prostitutes on multiple occasions and Lady Gaga concert tickets in what is being described as a devastating bribery case for the US Navy.
Here is what Secretary Mabus said:
“I haven’t spoken publicly about Glenn Defense Marine or this case before, and I’m still restricted in what I can say now because of the ongoing prosecution by the United States attorney’s office in San Diego and the Department of Justice Criminal Division in Washington. And I want to say that both of those offices have done a tremendous job with a difficult case, and I want to express my thanks on behalf of Navy for their work and for their public support of what Navy and NCIS has done.