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We recently reviewed the criminal charges facing Boeing where the company was accused of conspiring to defraud the Federal government. The charges are related to the company’s response to two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. The feds offered Boeing a “non-negotiable” plea deal that would allow them to avoid being taken to trial. The families of the crash victims immediately objected to the terms, describing the offer as a “sweetheart deal” and vowed to fight the agreement. That didn’t slow down the process much, at least thus far. Boeing has accepted the deal and will enter a guilty plea. But that’s not the last phase of this process and the deal could still fall apart. (NY Post)
Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two deadly crashes of 737 Max jetliners after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years, the Justice Department said Sunday night.
Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice this week of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Prosecutors accused the American aerospace giant of deceiving regulators who approved the airplane and pilot-training requirements for it.
