AO 245B (Rev. 06/05) Judgment in a Criminal Case: Sheet 1 (1518581)

United States District Court

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE

V. (For Organizational Defendants) 

DSD SHIPPING, AS CASE NUMBERS: 1:15-CR-00102-001

 1:15-CR-00179-001

 Thomas N. Keihnhoff, Esquire

Steven P. Solow, Esquire

Defendant's Attorney

THE DEFENDANT:

pleaded guilty to count .

pleaded nolo contendere to count(s) which was accepted by the court.

was found guilty on counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 in 1:15-cr-102 & 1 & 2 in 1:15-CR-179 on 

11/6/2015 after a plea of not guilty.

The defendant is adjudicated guilty of the following offenses in 1:15-cr-102:

Title & Section Nature of Offense

Date Offense

Concluded

Count

Nos.

18 USC § 371 Conspiracy to defraud the United 

States.

11/12/2014 1

(Additional counts of conviction on next page.)

The defendant is sentenced as provided in pages 2 through 5 of this judgment. The sentence is 

imposed pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.

The defendant was acquitted by the jury on counts 6 in 1:15-cr-102 & 3 in 1:15-cr-179 on 

11/6/2015.

Count(s) is/are dismissed on the motion of the United States.

IT IS ORDERED that the defendant shall notify the United States Attorney for this district 

within 30 days of any change of name, residence, or mailing address until all fines, restitution, costs, and 

special assessments imposed by this judgment are fully paid. If ordered to pay restitution, the defendant 

shall notify the court and the United States attorney of any material change in the defendant's economic 

circumstances.

April 7, 2016

 Date of Imposition of Judgment

/s/ Callie V. S. Granade

 SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

April 11, 2016

 Date

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AO 245B (Rev. 06/05) Judgment in a Criminal Case: Sheet 1 Continued 

Defendant: DSD SHIPPING, AS

Case Numbers: 1:15-CR-00102-001 & 1:15-CR-00179-001

ADDITIONAL COUNTS OF CONVICTION

Date Offense Count

Title & Section Nature of Offense Concluded Numbers

33 USC § 1908(a) Knowing failure to maintain accurate 11/12/2014 2

& 18 USC § 2 Oil Record Book - Act to Prevent

Pollution from Ships; aiding & abetting.

33 USC § 1908(a) Knowing failure to maintain accurate 11/12/2014 3

& 18 USC § 2 Garbage Record Book - Act to Prevent

Pollution from Ships; aiding & abetting.

18 USC § 1519 & Obstruction of justice; aiding & abetting. 11/12/2014 4, 5

18 USC § 2

18 USC § 1512(b) Witness tampering. 11/19/2014 7

The defendant is adjudicated guilty of the following offenses in 1:15-cr-179:

Date Offense Count

Title & Section Nature of Offense Concluded Numbers

33 USC § 1908(a) Knowing failure to maintain accurate 11/3/2014 1

& 18 USC § 2 Oil Record Book - Act to Prevent

Pollution from Ships; aiding & abetting

18 USC § 1519 Obstruction of justice; aiding & abetting 11/3/2014 2

& 18 USC § 2

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AO 245B (Rev. 06/05) Judgment in a Criminal Case: Sheet 4 - Probation

Defendant: DSD SHIPPING, AS

Case Numbers: 1:15-CR-00102-001 & 1:15-CR-00179-001

PROBATION

The defendant is hereby placed on probation for a term of 3 years as to each of Counts 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 & 

7 in 1:15-cr-102, and Counts 1 & 2 in 1:15-cr-179, all said terms to run concurrently.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS: 1) The Defendant is to fund and implement the environmental compliance plan 

attached to the presentence report. The Court will approve the monitor agreed upon by the parties. 2) The 

Defendant is to make a community service payment to the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation in the amount of 

$500,000.00. The defendant shall not characterize, publicize or refer to the community service payment as a 

voluntary donation or contribution nor shall the defendant seek any reduction in its tax obligations as a result of 

having made the community service payment. In addition, the conditions requested by the government in terms 

of reporting by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation shall be part of this sentence. As a condition of the 

acceptance of this community service payment, the Government requests that Dauphin Island Sea Lab 

Foundation provide an annual accounting of how it has spent the funds to the Probation Office, the United 

States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama, the Department of Justice Environmental Crimes 

Section, the United States Coast Guard Investigative Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency -

Criminal Investigation Division. As a further condition, the Court will require that Dauphin Island Sea Lab 

allow entry, including unannounced entry into its physical locations for the purpose of inspecting physical 

conditions, interviewing employees and reviewing relevant documents by these agencies.

If this judgment imposes a fine or a restitution obligation, it shall be a condition of probation that the defendant pay any such fine 

or restitution in accordance with the Schedule of Payments set forth in the Criminal Monetary Penalties sheet of this judgment.

If this judgment imposes a fine or a restitution obligation, it is a condition of probation that the defendant organization pay in 

accordance with the Schedule of Payments of this judgment.

The defendant organization must comply with the standard conditions that have been adopted by this court as well as with 

any additional conditions on the attached page (if indicated below).

The defendant shall not commit another federal, state or local crime.

The defendant shall comply with the standard conditions that have been adopted by this court (as set forth below). 

The defendant shall also comply with the additional conditions on the attached page (if applicable).

STANDARD CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION

1) within thirty days from the date of this judgment, the defendant organization shall designate an 

official of the organization to act as the organization’s representative and to be the primary contact 

with the probation officer;

2) the defendant organization shall answer truthfully all inquiries by the probation officer and 

follow the instructions of the probation officer;

3) the defendant organization shall notify the probation officer ten days prior to any change in 

principal business or mailing address;

4) the defendant organization shall permit a probation officer to visit the organization at any of its 

operating business sites;

5) the defendant organization shall notify the probation officer within seventy-two hours of any 

criminal prosecution, major civil litigation, or administrative proceeding against the organization;

6) the defendant organization shall not dissolve, change its name, or change the name under which 

it does business unless this judgment and all criminal monetary penalties imposed by this court 

are either fully satisfied or are equally enforceable against the defendant’s successors or assignees; 

and

7) the defendant organization shall not waste, nor without permission of the probation officer, sell, 

assign, or transfer its assets.

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AO 245B (Rev. 06/05) Judgment in a Criminal Case: Sheet 5, Part A - Criminal Monetary Penalties

Defendant: DSD SHIPPING, AS

Case Numbers: 1:15-CR-00102-001 & 1:15-CR-00179-001

CRIMINAL MONETARY PENALTIES

The defendant shall pay the following total criminal monetary penalties in accordance with the schedule 

of payments set forth on Sheet 5, Part B.

Assessment Fine Community Restitution

Totals: $3,200.00 $2,000,000.00 $500,000.00

The determination of restitution is deferred until . An Amended Judgment in a Criminal Case 

(AO 245C) will be entered after such a determination.

The defendant shall make restitution (including community restitution) to the following payees in the 

amounts listed below.

If the defendant makes a partial payment, each payee shall receive an approximately proportional payment unless 

specified otherwise in the priority order or percentage payment column below. (or see attached)

However, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3644(i), all nonfederal victims must be paid in full prior to the United States 

receiving payment.

Name and Amount of 

Address of Payee Restitution Ordered

Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation $500,000.00

TOTAL: $500,000.00

If applicable, restitution amount ordered pursuant to plea agreement. $

The defendant shall pay interest on any fine or restitution of more than $2,500, unless the fine or

restitution is paid in full before the fifteenth day after the date of the judgment, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 

3612(f). All of the payment options on Sheet 5, Part B may be subject to penalties for default, pursuant to 

18 U.S.C. § 3612(g).

The court determined that the defendant does not have the ability to pay interest and it is ordered that:

The interest requirement is waived for the fine and/or restitution.

The interest requirement for the fine and/or restitution is modified as follows:

* Findings for the total amount of losses are required under Chapters 109A, 110, 110A, and 113A of Title 

18, United States Code, for offenses committed on or after September 13, 1994 but before April 23, 1996.

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AO 245B (Rev. 06/05) Judgment in a Criminal Case: Sheet 5, Part B - Schedule of Payments

Defendant: DSD SHIPPING, AS

Case Numbers: 1:15-CR-00102-001 & 1:15-CR-00179-001

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

Having assessed the defendant's ability to pay, payment of the total criminal monetary penalties shall be 

due as follows:

A Lump sum payment of the $3,200.00 in special assessments, $2,000,000.00 fine, and 

$500,000.00 community restitution is due immediately, balance due within twenty-four 

(24) hours of 4/7/2016, and in accordance with C, D, E or F below; or

B Payment to begin immediately (may be combined with C, D, E or F below); or

C Payment in (e.g., equal, weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $ over a 

period of (e.g., months or years), to commence (e.g., 30 or 60 days) after the date 

of this judgment; or

D Payment in (e.g., equal, weekly, monthly, quarterly) installments of $ over a 

period of (e.g., months or years), to commence (e.g., 30 or 60 days) after release 

from imprisonment to a term of supervision; or

E Payment during the term of supervised release will commence within (e.g., 30 or 60 

days) after release from imprisonment. The court will set the payment plan based on an 

assessment of the defendant's ability to ay at that time; or

F Special instructions regarding the payment of criminal monetary penalties: 

Unless the court has expressly ordered otherwise in the special instructions above, if this judgment 

imposes a period of imprisonment payment of criminal monetary penalties shall be due during the 

period of imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalty payments, except those payments made through 

the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, are to be made to the clerk of 

court, unless otherwise directed by the court, the probation officer, or the United States attorney.

The defendant will receive credit for all payments previously made toward any criminal monetary penalties 

imposed.

Joint and Several: 

The defendant shall pay the cost of prosecution.

The defendant shall pay the following court cost(s): 

The defendant shall forfeit the defendant's interest in the following property to the United States:

Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment; (2) restitution principal; (3) restitution interest, (4) 

fine principal; (5) fine interest, (6) community restitution, (7) penalties, and (8) costs, including cost of prosecution 

and court costs.

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