the s is starting to hit the fan for these guys…they have screwed plenty of us over, but they are in the news for this and other shenanigans…these companies are all thick as thieves…C-Mar, Oceanwide, Global Industries, Helix and others… Plaintiffs Danny Cunningham, Pablo Rubio Llamas, Jacob Van Dyke, Bernard Coleman, Todd Crews, Raphael Young and Wendell Smith, individually and on behalf of those similarly situated, filed a Third Amended Complaint on August 5, 2005 against Offshore Defendants, Horizon Defendants, McDermott, Stolt, Helix, and Global Defendants, collectively known as “Service Defendants,” and also against O.W.I., Oceanwide Offshore, Oceanwide Houston, Humares, and C-MAR Defendants, collectively known as “Manning Defendants.” Defendants Third Amended Complaint, Dkt. No. 66 at 1-2. Plaintiffs brought a class action for “damages caused by the loss of American jobs, the depression of wages, and the loss of benefits to American citizens and aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (“Legal Workers”).” Id. at 2. Plaintiffs alleged that the Service Defendants “illegally depress the wages paid to their employees who work on vessels, rigs, platforms and other vehicles or structures on the [OCS], by employing large numbers of illegal workers to perform the work of the Service Defendants (the “Illegal Worker Hiring Scheme”).” Id. http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions\pub\10/10-40936-CV0.wpd.pdf C-MAR directors face bribery trial http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financial-crime/8641718/C-MAR-directors-face-bribery-trial.html I’m not a “sea lawyer” but we should keep an eye on this…