Fourth mariner credential scammer heads for slammer

Lamont Godfrey, 43, of Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced to 45 months in prison, August 16, for mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Godfrey became the fourth person to receive a prison term in relation to a scheme to create and sell fake merchant mariner credentials that first came to light when charges were brought against the four last October.

According to court documents, from July 2016 to December 2019, Godfrey and three others—Eugene Johnson, 46, of Manteca, Calif.;...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/fourth-mariner-credential-scammer-heads-for-slammer/

Four charged in $200K Coast Guard mariner credentialing scheme

A sample Merchant Mariner Credential. Coast Guard image.

Four individuals have been charged in a conspiracy to sell phony Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk, Va., the U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday.

According to allegations in the unsealed indictment, Lamont Godfrey, 42, of Portsmouth, Va., Eugene Johnson, 45, of Norfolk, Va., Shunmanique Willis, 43, of Texas, and Alonzo Williams, 45, of Louisiana, acted in concert to create counterfeit certificates from the Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy (MAMA) in Norfolk and sell them...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/four-charged-in-200k-coast-guard-mariner-credentialing-scheme/

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