JACKSON, Mississippi, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: Austal USA LLC (Austal), a Mobile, Alabama, based company, has agreed to pay $811,259 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly supplying valves that did not meet military specifications. Austal manufactures numerous ships for the United States, including the Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The United States'  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following letter (Docket No. DA 24-863) on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * To: UM Enterprise, LLC, c/o John C. Trent , Esq., Putbrese Hunsaker & Trent, P.C., 200 South Church Street, Woodstock, VA 22664 Charles A Hecht, Technical Consultant, Charles A Hecht & Associates, Inc., 19 Mackenzie Ct, Freehold, NJ 07728 Re: WTOF(AM), Bay Minette, AL Dear Counsel: This letter refers to the minor change application (the "App  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-261) on Aug. 26, 2024: * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Alabama (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet si  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Austal USA LLC (Austal), a Mobile, Alabama, based company, has agreed to pay $811,259 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly supplying valves that did not meet military specifications. Austal manufactures numerous ships for the United States, including the Independence Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The United States' settlement alleges that, under a 2  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: Austal USA LLC (Austal USA), a Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder that constructs vessels for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay $24 million to resolve an investigation by the Justice Department related to an accounting fraud scheme and efforts to obstruct the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) during a financial capability audit. Austal USA is a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:24-cv-00307; S.D. Ala. filed Aug. 26, 2024) involving Austal Limited and Austal USA LLC: * * * SEC Charges U.S. Navy Shipbuilder Austal USA with Accounting Fraud Australian parent company Austal Limited also charged with fraud * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Austal USA, LLC, a Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder, and its Australia-based parent company,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * Australian parent company Austal Limited also charged with fraud * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Austal USA, LLC, a Mobile, Alabama-based shipbuilder, and its Australia-based parent company, Austal Limited, have agreed to settle the SEC's charges that the companies conducted a fraudulent revenue recognition scheme. As part of the settlement  more