Former Sanford engineer faces up to 26 years jail for obstruction, lack of records

Former Sanford engineer faces up to 26 years jail for obstruction, lack of records
By Jonathan Underhill Aug. 21 (BusinessDesk) - James Pogue, former chief engineer on Sanford’s tuna vessel San Nikunau, faces up to 26 years in jail for obstruction of justice and knowingly failing to maintain an accurate oil record book, the US Department of Justice says. Pogue, of Idaho, was chief engineer on the vessel between 2001 and 2010. He was convicted of failing to keep accurate records of how the vessel was managing bilge waste and falsely stating that pollution prevention equipment had been used when it hadn’t. Sanford was last w...