Former Goose Creek military contractor to pay $10.5M after whistleblower reported bid-rigging

SC-based W International LLC at center of $10.5M federal overcharging settlement

A Goose Creek welding and metal fabrication company is at the center of a $10.5 million settlement after federal prosecutors said it overcharged.

Former Goose Creek military contractor to pay $10.5M after whistleblower reported bid-rigging

The lawsuit had been under seal in court since a former executive blew the whistle on his former employer that had opened a metal fabrication plant in Goose Creek.

Feds unseal $80M whistleblower case against former Lowcountry military contractor • SC Daily Gazette

The former W International metal fabricating site in Goose Creek is the subject of an $80 million whistleblower lawsuit unsealed Monday in federal court in Charleston. The company's assets were acquired last year by Navy contractor Newport News Shipbuilding, which is not part of the lawsuit. This photo is from the company's January 2025 announcement. (Courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries)A former Goose Creek metal fabricator and its founder…

W International SC LLC to Pay $10.5M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations MyrtleBeachSC News

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that W International LLC, W International SC LLC, Precision Metal Equipment Handling LLC, and Edward Walker (collectively, “Defendants”) have agreed to pay $10.5 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that they knowingly overcharged the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy for weld tables. W International LLC, a Michigan company, and W International SC LLC, a South Carolina compa…