Carlos Rafael's planned court date to plead guilty to charges stemming from evading federal fishing quotas has been postponed.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the plea hearing was rescheduled from March 16 to March 30. The government also recently granted Rafael’s request to extend his curfew from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. each night, due to the arrival of daylight savings time and increased activity on the waterfront, according to court documents.

Rafael faces a total of 27 charges in connection with a scheme he is alleged to have run out of Carlos Seafood, his New Bedford fishing business. He is charged with one count of conspiring to falsify reports submitted to the federal government, 25 counts of submitting falsified records regarding the amount and types of fish his fleet brought in, and one count of bulk cash smuggling.

Rafael was arrested in February 2016 after an investigation carried out in June 2015. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Rafael told two undercover agents posing as Russian organized crime figures his scheme netted him $668,000 in less than six months through dealings with a New York City buyer.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Rafael is accused of misreporting 815,812 pounds of fish. Rafael reported cod, sole, and other species of fish subjected to high federal quotas he caught as more abundant species with less strict quotas. He's also accused of laundering money into Portuguese bank accounts and smuggling cash to Portugal.

Prior to the announcement of a planned guilty plea, his trial was scheduled to begin on March 20.