Austal USA, an Alabama-based subsidiary of Australian shipbuilding company Austal Limited, pleaded guilty to criminal criminal securities fraud and obstruction of a federal audit for its role in artificially inflating its stock price between 2013 and 2016. Austal Limited was also charged for its role in the fraud.
The company agreed to
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