the osg case began w with a foreign ferral. canada suspected that the ship p was dumping, and they were right. but in our investigation, one ship led to another ship to another ship. and 12 osg ships were found to be involved in illegal conduct. to have a company this large, a publilicly traded company, a company headquartered in t the united statates of ame, engaged in thihis type of crimil condt was shockingng to us. once the investigation began, we interviewed crew membersrs on the ship. and one of those crew members came forward and he had tucked underneath his arm a little black notebook.e was the fitter of the ship, and he was asked to build a b bypass systemem. he was s so angry abot having to make the pipe, he recorded every time that they dumped overboard. "before we left the port of boston, around 4:00 to 5:00 pm, i started pumping out the slop from the tank in which the said action is against marpol." and he received over $400,000 in the case. this was a case that resulted in a $37 million penalty.e certainly hope we