A top US Navy officer has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for providing classified military information to an Asian defense contractor in exchange for luxury hotel stays and prostitutes.
Captain Daniel Dusek, who oversaw operations in the US Pacific Fleet, became the highest-ranking Navy officer to be convicted in one of the US military’s worst bribery scandals. Nine other defendants have so far been charged in the case.
In addition to the 46-month prison sentence, a US judge ordered Dusek to pay $100,000 in fines and restitution for passing ship and submarine schedules to Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), a Singapore-based port services company.
“It’s truly unimaginable to the court that someone in your position with the United States Navy would sell out based on what was provided to you,” District Court Judge Janis Sammartino said during the hearing in San Diego.
In a statement in federal court, Dusek, 49, admitted to…