Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) agreed to a $9.2 million settlement of allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly overbilling the government for labor on U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships at its shipyards in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The government alleged labor mischarging occurred on various Navy and Coast Guard contracts dating back to 2003. Under the settlement, HII made a payment of $7.9 million, having already repaid the government $1.3 million. HII also agreed to pay $119,855 in attorney’s fees and expenses. Three former HII employees pleaded guilty in a related criminal investigation in 2015 and 2016 (see Huntington Ingalls instances “U.S. v. Wilson (Making a Fraudulent and Materially False Statement)” and “Pascagoula Shipyard False Billing – Criminal Prosecutions”).