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The shipmanager that was charged with the oil spill from the Cosco Busan incident in San Francisco a couple of years ago is in more hot water with US authorities. A federal grand jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, returned an indictment yesterday charging Fleet Management Limited with obstruction of agency proceedings, making false statements and failing to keep accurate pollution control records, the Justice Department announced in a release below.
Fleet Management Limited of Hong Kong is charged with one count of failing to maintain an accurate oil record book as required by the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), a U.S. law which implements the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, commonly known as "MARPOL;" one count of making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard; and one count of obstruction. If convicted of all counts, the company may be punished with a fine of up to $3 million.
The two individuals, Prem Kumar, a ship superintendent for Fleet Management Limited and Prasada Reddy Mareddy, the second engineer of the M/V Lowlands Sumida, have both been charged with conspiracy. Kumar was also charged with obstruction of a Coast Guard investigation. If convicted of the conspiracy charge, both face up to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000. If convicted of obstruction of justice, Kumar faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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