Prosecutors say the $500K agreement resolves an investigation into a RI textile manufacturer, which made woolen blankets for the Army. Prosecutors say the blankets were produced in India, when the law requires companies that supply the military to make their products in the U.S. using American labor.
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So much for made-in-America.
The United States Attorney’s Office has resolved a civil False Claims Act investigation into Hyman Brickle & Son, Inc., a Woonsocket-based Rhode Island textile manufacturing company that supplies products to the U.S. military