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

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following member bulletin (No. 2024-26) on Aug. 27, 2024: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) is accepting nominations through October 25, 2024 for seats on its 2025 Affordable Housing Advisory Council (Advisory Council). The Advisory Council provides guidance to the Bank's Board of Directors (Board) on housing finance and community investment needs in the Ban  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Mississippi seafood distributor and two company managers pleaded guilty today to conspiring with others to mislabel seafood and to commit wire fraud by marketing inexpensive and frozen imported substitutes as more expensive and premium local species. Quality Poultry and Seafood Inc. (QPS), the largest seafood wholesaler on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, h  more