Owner of illegal passenger vessel sentenced to prison

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

 

01/31/2025 07:49 PM EST

NEW YORK — The owner of the vessel Stimulus Money, Richard Cruz, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday after pleading guilty for his role in the July 2022 capsizing of the vessel while underway on the Hudson River that resulted in the death of two passengers, a seven-year-old boy and 48-year-old woman. Click the link above to view full news release.