Bollinger Shipyard LLC, a Lockport, Louisiana-based company, has agreed to pay $1,025,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act.
The company was accused of knowingly billing the U.S. Coast Guard for labour provided by workers who were not eligible to work in the United States.
The allegations cover a five-year period from 2015 to 2020. Bollinger, which manufactures ships for the Coast Guard, including the Fast Response Cutter (FRC), was...