Industry Maritime and Defence Founded 1946 | ||
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Key people Leonard Glenn Francis Executive Chairman and President Website www.glennmarinegroup.com | ||
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Glenn Marine Group is a Singapore-based supplier of maritime services including naval logistics and the operation of shore-base support including cruise terminals and port operations.
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History
The company was formed as Glenn Marine Enterprise in 1946 in Penang, Malaya, providing chandler services to ships using the Swettenham Pier.
2013 US Navy "Fat Leonard" corruption investigation
In September 2013, a subsidiary of the company, ship support contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), became the central public focus of an ongoing investigation into a corruption scandal within the US Navy. In 2010, Navy officials became suspicious that some of the bills submitted by Francis’ GDMA company from Thailand were padded. According to prosecutors investigating the case, the company overcharged the Navy for goods and services by an amount that exceeded 20 million dollars. The company's chief executive, president and chairman, Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as 'Fat Leonard,' 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 suspicious business transactions with Glenn Marine. In exchange, prosecutors charge that Francis would supply the navy officials with prostitutes, travel expenses and other perks.