A former senior Navy official is facing up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of steering contracts to a company in South Korea in exchange for cash, liquor and the services of prostitutes.
Xavier Fernando Monroy, the former director of operations for the Navy's Military Sealift Command in South Korea, faces a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison.
A D.C. federal jury on Friday convicted a former U.S. Navy officer in South Korea of sharing confidential Navy information and steering business to a company there in exchange for cash bribes, booze, trips and "the services of prostitutes," according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.