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Article: Polembros Shipping Ltd. Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Pollution From Cargo Ship Traveling to New Orleans

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September 30, 2009
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Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007, TDD, +1-202-514-1888

Company has agreed to pay $2.7 million criminal fine

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Polembros Shipping LTD., a ship management company headquartered in Greece, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Orleans for violating anti-pollution laws, ship safety laws, and making false statements during a U.S. Coast Guard investigation of theM/V Theotokos, the Justice Department announced.

According to the plea agreement, Polembros will pay a $2.7 million criminal fine and a separate $100,000 community service payment to the Smithsonian Environmental ...

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