Lawyers for a commodities trader suing Greek shipowner NewLead Holdings allege that chief executive Michael Zolotas provided false statements about evidence turned over in the case.

The allegation is the latest development in a New York court battle between NewLead and TransAsia Commodities, a trader that claims that the shipowner sold it coal that it did not control as part of NewLead’s now-ditched foray into the mining industry.

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