Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday.
Glenn Leon, head of the Justice Department criminal division’s fraud section, said in the letter filed in Texas federal court that Boeing failed to make changes to prevent it from violating federal anti-fraud laws — a condition of the the 2021 settlement.
The determination means that Boeing could be prosecuted “for any federal criminal violation of which the United States has knowledge,” including the charge of fraud that the company hoped to avoid with the $2.5 billion settlement, the Justice Department said.
However, it is not clear whether the government will prosecute the manufacturing giant.
I would like to see something come of this but I have little expectation. This is probably the public wrist slap required to get some moron moving on whatever it is they should have done forever...
I would like to see something come of this but I have little expectation. This is probably the public wrist slap required to get some moron moving on whatever it is they should have done forever ago.
It's still galling just how fucked the entire Max system was though.
I would like to see something come of this but I have little expectation. This is probably the public wrist slap required to get some moron moving on whatever it is they should have done forever ago.
It's still galling just how fucked the entire Max system was though.