A 37-year-old Michigan man was sentenced to a year in federal prison Tuesday for operating illegal boat charters on the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.
Christopher Mike Garbowski, also known as "Michael Gunnman," of Sterling Heights, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a felony charge of violating an order of the Captain of the Port, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois.
Between 2017 and 2019, prosecutors said Christopher Mike Garbowski illegally conducted boat charters on Chicago waterways, including an area in downtown Chicago known as"the Playpen," using a 40-foot powerboat known as the"Sea Hawk" and"Anchorman"Garbowski charged money to charter the boat to various groups of people, such as bachelorette parties, but did not possess proper boating credentials or have the vessel inspected and certified by the U.S.
Prosecutors said as the women were about to board the vessel, Garbowski called one of them on her cell phone and told her to lie to the Coast Guard by telling them they were friends.On several other occasions, he lied to Coast Guard officials that he was operating a commercial charter service.
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