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Tacoma foundry provided faulty steel for the Navy's submarines and covered it up, feds say
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“ The U.S. Justice Department has filed a criminal complaint charging Elaine Thomas, Bradken’s former director of metallurgy, with fraud over three decades, from 1985 to 2017.
Bradken also has been charged with fraud in a filing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. The company has accepted responsibility for the offense, and it will take measures to fix the problem under a deferred prosecution agreement that could lead to this charge being dismissed after three years, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, which also notes there is no evidence that company management was aware of the fraud until 2017.
“Bradken placed the Navy’s sailors and its operations at risk,” U.S. Attorney Brian Moran said in the written statement.“ The Navy has taken extensive steps to ensure the safe operation of the affected submarines. Those measures will result in increased costs and maintenance. Our agreement with the company is aimed at ensuring they improve their procedures and inform their peer companies about how their systems failed to detect the fraud.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-submarine-steel-lawsuit-settlement
Bradken also has been charged with fraud in a filing in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. The company has accepted responsibility for the offense, and it will take measures to fix the problem under a deferred prosecution agreement that could lead to this charge being dismissed after three years, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, which also notes there is no evidence that company management was aware of the fraud until 2017.
“Bradken placed the Navy’s sailors and its operations at risk,” U.S. Attorney Brian Moran said in the written statement.“ The Navy has taken extensive steps to ensure the safe operation of the affected submarines. Those measures will result in increased costs and maintenance. Our agreement with the company is aimed at ensuring they improve their procedures and inform their peer companies about how their systems failed to detect the fraud.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-submarine-steel-lawsuit-settlement
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Seems like they got a bargain!
I know CSB
Of course, the "faulty" argument is a little weak if they've been doing it for decades and the sub fleet hasn't has a hull failure from the "faulty" steel.