She told him that the company was falsifying records about the rods' safety, something Kerr-McGee always denied.

Last year, some employees at the Convair plant maintained in interviews with The New York Times that the company was deliberately falsifying time cards.

Northrop has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit by two former employees who said the company falsified tests on parts for the Air Force's cruise missile.

Criticism of Pemex has grown in recent months, following unconfirmed charges by a former official that the company falsifies its estimates of oil reserves.

The suit was brought by former employees who said the company falsified tests on parts for a Cruise missile.

But then last week, Automotive News, the industry's leading trade publication, published an article that said the company had falsified sales records and possibly jeopardized customer warranties.

Authorities say that corrupt companies falsify the amounts of garbage collected and tack on charges for fictitious problems in making pickups.

Former employees say the company frequently forged signatures, falsified information and used a phony notary stamp.

The company had falsified and destroyed DOD records at its plant in Mineral Wells, Texas.

The agency said the company falsified profits and assets for decades.