US Prosecutors Recommend DOJ Criminally Charge Boeing: Reuters

US prosecutors have recommended to senior Justice Department officials that Boeing Co. face criminal charges for violating a settlement related to two fatal crashes, Reuters <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SFJYFDMB2SJK","_id":"00000190-474e-d497-a7fb-ef4f9d620001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">reported, citing two people familiar with the matter it didn’t identify.

The people didn’t specify what criminal charges Justice Department officials are considering. The charges could extend beyond the original 2021 fraud conspiracy charge, Reuters said, citing one of the people.

The federal agency <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SFG37OT1UM0W","_id":"00000190-474e-d497-a7fb-ef4f9d630000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">determined in May that Boeing had breached a 2021 deferred-prosecution agreement that was put in place after the 737 Max crashes, which killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019. The ...