Fake merchant license holder indicted
A man discovered by investigators to be in possession of a bogus merchant marine officer’s license was indicted before the US District Court with a one-count criminal charge for the said offense.
Court documents state that a thorough probe conducted by the Department of Public Safety, US Coast Guard and Federal Bureau of Investigation zeroed in on a finding that defendant Joseph Taman Seman was allegedly caught in possession and use of an altered, changed or counterfeit merchant marine’s license purportedly issued by the US Coast Guard in Honolulu.
District Judge Alex R. Munson, during a court hearing yesterday, ordered Mr. Seman to put up $5,000 in unsecured bond for his temporary release.
The court also ruled that Mr. Seman be subject to pre-trial supervision under the US Probation Office.
The defendant will appear today for an 8am arraignment at the federal court at the Horiguchi building.(MM)
