San Diego Federal Judge Janis Sammartino reportedly dismissed the felony pleas of five retired military officers who admitted to accepting bribes from the Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard.” ...

Prosecutorial “misconduct started (the) unraveling of this case,” she said, The San Diego Union Tribune reports. She reportedly called it an “extremely unfortunate” situation that was “all the government’s making.”

Sammartino criticized the U.S. Attorney’s Office for its “significant misconduct” and failures to communicate with military and civilian personnel, according to the Tribune. She called the deterioration of the case an “embarrassment to the government,” the outlet reported.