A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines. The tests were intended to show that the steel would not fail in a collision or in certain "wartime scenarios," the Justice Department said. In a statement filed in U.S. District Court on her behalf Monday, her attorney, John Carpenter, said Thomas "took shortcuts." Bradken fired Thomas and initially disclosed its findings to the Navy, but then wrongfully suggested that the discrepancies were not the result of fraud. When confronted with the doctored results, Thomas told investigators, "Yeah, that looks bad," the Justice Department said.

Source: Fox News November 10, 2021 09:48 UTC