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Austal USA hit with $24m penalty for fraudulently overstating profits

A littoral combat ship.
A Littoral Combat Ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Stocktrek/Getty Images

The company is accused of falsifying its profits and boosting its stock price by obscuring shipbuilding costs.

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