The US is looking to confiscate alleged Iranian oil aboard a VLCC managed by Evangelos Marinakis' Capital Ship Management.
The US Department of Justice said on Wednesday that Iran-linked interests developed a covert scheme involving multiple ship-to-ship (STS) transfers to deceive the Greek manager on cargo origin.
The department has filed a forfeiture complaint in the district court of Washington DC for all oil aboard the 298,000-dwt VLCC Achilleas (built 2010), which is sailing to the US.
