Fleet Cheat

Cheat!

Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In the aftermath of the Cold War, the US was considered the naval superpower of the world. The country continued to look to its navy as a tool to maintain its influence, finding new ports across the globe. And there was one man who facilitated the movements of US ships throughout Asia: Leonard Francis Glenn…AKA Fat Leonard. He worked as a husbanding agent through his firm Glenn Defense Marine Asia. He handled the logistics—or the dirty work—that was part of docking and servicing these ships. And Fat Leonard did more. He personally made sure that US officers aboard had everything and anything they wanted. There were just a few things he wanted in exchange for his services…starting with confidential naval ship schedules. In 2013, Fat Leonard was arrested in a sting operation orchestrated by US authorities for his central role in of one of the US military’s largest scandals to date. A Somethin’ Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	In early 2011, Marcy Mischiewicz was living on a US naval base in Japan with her four children.
0:13.8	Her husband, Michael Mischiewicz, was a commander in the US Navy.
0:18.1	And things between Michael and I were strained.
0:21.6	Their relationship had been strained for a little while now.
0:25.0	Michael had been hanging out with some guys who always seemed up to something.
0:29.2	Having a lot, there were rumors.
0:32.0	Marcy and the kids went to the States for a few months.
0:35.0	When they came back to Japan, things with Michael weren't any better.
0:39.3	When we met back up, I just knew things were headed south.
0:43.3	There was a physical altercation.
0:45.4	Michael pushed Marcy up the stairs.
0:47.8	It was the first time he'd ever done something like that.
0:51.5	Marcy contacted his command about the domestic issues.
0:55.1	Next thing you know, she gets a call from NCIS.
0:58.2	The Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
1:00.9	And they said, do you know what this call is about?
1:04.6	And naturally she thought, yeah.
1:07.0	So when he asked me, do you know why I'm calling you?
1:09.4	I'm like, well, potentially.
1:11.0	Because I was thinking it was the domestic issue.
1:15.0	So this particular age almost like, will you come in and we have a conversation?
1:20.2	He said, OK.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sony Music, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sony Music and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.