Law360, New York (January 26, 2012, 6:01 PM ET) -- A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday ordered two shipping companies to pay a total $2.4 million after they pled guilty to four felony counts associated with multiple deliberate releases, over a period of nine months, of waste oil and plastic garbage into the ocean from a cargo ship.
Efploia Shipping, which operates the ship M/V Aquarosa, and owner Aquarosa Shipping, in separate plea agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice, copped to charges of obstruction of justice, making material false statements, knowingly failing to maintain an...
Judge Fines Ship Owner, Operator $2.4M For Illegal Dumping
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