Associated Press - August 4, 2010 8:34 AM ET
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State agents have arrested two Iberia Parish men accused of trying to scam BP of nearly $10,000 in fraudulent commercial fishing trip tickets.
Wildlife & Fisheries agents say 36-year-old An Ly and 31-year-old Samith Huynh allegedly falsified trip tickets for January through April, claiming Huynh had fished 6,347 pounds of crabs from Louisiana waters.
Trip tickets report how much seafood commercial fishermen sell each month. Officials are using past trip tickets to determine how much compensation commercial fishermen should receive from BP while commercial fishing is restricted.
The Advocate reported Huynh was booked with criminal conspiracy, theft and injuring public records.
Ly faces charges of filing false public records, criminal conspiracy and injuring public records.
Information from: The Advocate,
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