For the crimes he was convicted of, 15 yrs seems right but cutting off the gps bracelet & sneaking out of the country to Venezuela should be a lot more. Bribery, corruption & debauchery can be common in the the ship chandler business but fleeing to a country that many consider an enemy state is a whole other level of badness. He became an enemy of the US by doing that imo. Send him to Gitmo & lose the key.
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His plan only succeeded because so many Navy crew were happy to commit treason for a good night out.