In A Decades Long Fraud Metallurgist Admits Faking Strength-Test Results For Steel In Navy Submarines

Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut in the Pacific Ocean, 2009. US Navy/MCS1 John M. Hageman

Business Insider: Employee of US military contractor admits faking strength-test results for steel in Navy submarines, a decades-long fraud

* A worker faked hundreds of steel-strength tests at a foundry that supplies parts to Navy submarines.

* Elaine Marie Thomas pleaded guilty to fraud and faces up to 10 years in jail.

* The steel her firm produced failed strength tests but she faked results so they were used in subs.

A metallurgist has pleaded guilty to decades of fraud after she admitted faking the results of strength tests of steel used to make US Navy submarines.

Elaine Marie Thomas, the former director of metallurgy at Bradken Inc., pleaded guilty in a recent court hearing, per an announcement from the Department of Justice.

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Update #1: Metallurgist admits faking steel test results for US Navy subs (BBC)

Update #2: Metallurgist admits faking steel-test results for Navy subs (13 News Now)

WNU Editor: OMG! She falsified reports for over 3 decades. Even though she is 67 years old, 10 years in jail is not enough.