A federal court in Baltimore has unsealed a criminal indictment against two Singapore-based companies, Synergy Marine Pte Ltd and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd, and technical superintendent Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair over the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. U.S. prosecutors allege the defendants conspired to defraud the United States by failing to report a known hazardous condition affecting the Motor Vessel Dali’s electrical and propulsion systems before entering Baltimore harbor. The indictment links this alleged misconduct to six worker deaths, significant obstruction of a federal investigation, false statements to authorities, and an estimated $5 billion in economic losses.

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