Boeing’s plea deal regarding criminal fraud conspiracy charges over two fatal 737 MAX accidents that occurred in 2018 and 2019 has been rejected by a federal judge.
In the plea deal, Boeing would have accepted responsibility for the conspiracy to defraud the federal government, paid a $243 million fine and cooperated with the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation.
According to a court order filed Thursday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
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