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A judge sentenced a former maritime training academy administrator August 16 who,prosecutors say,sold fake merchant mariner credentials.At least 252 mariners purchased fraudulent qualifications as a result of the scheme,federal prosecutors said.Lamont Godfrey,43,of Virginia Beach,Va.,was sentenced to 45 months in prison for mail fraud,wire fraud and aggravated identity theft,according to a news release from the U.S.Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Virginia,part of die U.S.Department of Justice.According to court documents,from July 2016 to December 2019,Godfrey and three other men,Eugene Johnson,46,of Manteca,Calif.;Shunmanique Willis,44,of Richmond,Texas;and Alonzo Williams,46,of Pineville,La.,acted in concert to create counterfeit certificates from the Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy(MAMA)and sell them to merchant mariners for a profit. |