Winkler Booted From Montauk Commercial Dock
East Hampton Town has ordered Christopher Winkler, a Montauk fisherman who was convicted in 2023 of falsifying records in order to sell fluke and black sea bass in quantities that vastly exceed legal limits, to vacate the slip at the hamlet’s commercial dock where his trawler, the New Age, has been docked for around 40 years. Mr. Winkler was sentenced to 30 months in prison following his October 2023 conviction on five counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, and obstruction of justice for filing false reports to federal regulators. The government asserted that the fish he harvested illegally were worth between $750,000 and $900,000 and had sought a sentence of four to five years in federal prison as well as restitution of $750,000. He surrendered to the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, N.Y., in November. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 14:20
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