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Firm ordered to pay $4.5m in alleged lobster embezzlement scheme

It remains unclear if the transport company reportedly used in the lobster embezzlement scheme has any assets to pay the court judgment

By Undercurrent News | Aug. 9, 2019 16:23 BST
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A federal judge in the US state of Maine has ordered a transportation company that allegedly participated in a scheme to steal lobsters from a wholesaler to pay $4.5 million, the Portland Press Herald reported. [...]

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