Editor’s note: This article was updated Tuesday afternoon, following the announced settlement.
A day after unsealing an $80 million whistleblower lawsuit against a former Goose Creek military contractor, the federal government on Tuesday said it has reached a settlement in the case.
W International and company CEO Ed Walker, along with another Walker-owned company called Precision Material Equipment Handling Co. LLC, will pay $10.5 million to resolve allegations in the lawsuit, which claimed the three defendants violated the federal False Claims Act…