Prosecutors in the case against New Bedford fisherman Carlos Rafael have filed a motion to drop all charges against Dartmouth resident Debra Messier.

Messier was facing two charges in the case: conspiracy and making false entries with the intent to impede a matter within federal jurisdiction. Prosecutors moved to dismiss Debra Messier from the case, according to the motion to dismiss filed on July 25 in U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Messier, who worked as Rafael’s bookkeeper, was arrested on February 26 along with Rafael, owner of Carlos Seafood, Inc. Rafael is accused of lying about the number and types of fish caught by boats that his company owned.

Rafael and Messier were arrested following an investigation that began in June 2015. It is alleged that Rafael told undercover agents—who were posing as Russian organized crime figures—that he had earned $668,000 in less than six months through his alleged scheme, which involved falsifying records about fish subjected to federal quotas, and selling the fish to buyers in New York City.

The motion said that the reason for the dismissal of charges against Messier was “in the interests of justice.”