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A senior US Navy official has been charged with receiving bribes from a contractor who provides port services for American ships in Southeast Asia.
US Navy Commander Jose Luis Sanchez, 41, was arrested in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday.

He is accused of accepting prostitutes, $100,000 cash and other bribes. In exchange, federal prosecutors say, he passed on classified US Navy information to the CEO of Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd or GDMA, who is accused of overbilling the Pentagon by millions, according to the Associated Press.
"According to the allegations in this case, a number of officials were willing to sacrifice their integrity and millions of taxpayer dollars for personal gratification," U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy said after Wednesday's arrest.

Federal authorities have also arrested Leonard Glenn Francis, 49, CEO of the Malaysia-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), which has operating locations in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and the United States.

Francis was arrested on September 16, 2013, in San Diego.

Two other senior Navy officials - Commander Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz(46) and Naval Criminal Investigative Service Supervisory Special Agent John Bertrand Beliveau II(44) - have been charged separately in connection with bribery allegations.

Source: AP