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August 16, 2017

Shipyard repays $9.2M to feds to settle overbilling

By JEFF AMY
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — One of the nation's largest military shipyards is paying $9.2 million back to the federal government after a former employee alleged the Mississippi shipbuilder falsified records to maximize contracting bonuses.

The U.S. Justice Department announced the settlement Tuesday with Huntington Ingalls Industries. The Newport News, Virginia, company operates the 11,000-employee Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. An Ingalls spokesman didn't immediately return a phone call and an email seeking comment.


 
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