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DOJ: Mariner Pleads Guilty to Illegal License Use

Published Jan 20, 2011 9:53 AM by The Maritime Executive

The United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana says mariner will be sentenced on January 21st.

October 15, 2008: Mark D. Millien, age 45, a resident of Sorrento, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Helen G. Berrigan to a one-count indictment for using an altered, changed, forged and/or counterfeit United States Coast Guard license to gain employment as a captain of a vessel, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten today.

The maximum statutory penalty MILLIEN faces is five (5) years incarceration, a $250,000 fine, not more than three years of supervised release and a $100 special assessment.

MILLIEN was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 28, 2008 and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 21, 2009.

This case was investigated by Special Agents of the United States Coast Guard Criminal Investigative Service. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Edward J. Rivera and Dorothy Manning Taylor.