Justice Department says Boeing violated deal that avoided prosecution after 737 Max crashes

Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft more than five years ago, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday. It is now up to the Justice Department to decide whether to file charges against Boeing. Prosecutors will tell the court no later than July 7 how they plan to proceed, department said. New 737 Max jets crashed in 2018 in Indonesia and 2019 in Ethiopia, killing 346 people. Boeing reached a $2.5 billion settlement with the Justice Department in January 2021 to avoid prosecution on a single charge of fraud - misleading federal regulators who approved the plane. Boeing blamed the deception on two relatively low-level employees.
In a letter filed Tuesday in federal court in Texas, Glenn Leon, head of the Justice Department criminal division's fraud section, said Boeing violated terms of the settlement by failing to make promised changes to detect and prevent violations of federal anti-fraud laws.
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 settlement, the Justice Department said.
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[@SingleSuccessfulMomMBA1422]

It's impossible to get into this job. They intentionally block new hires.

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No more whistle-blowers are going to come forward

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

These "quality and inspection" issues at Boeing have nothing to do with "manufacturing" but "everything" with the politics and power struggle between Boeing and the Unions.
Firing the CEO for "not paying workers enough" and replacing him with the COO who is in charge of quality and control makes it clear. In this case - the backstabers did win.
Where are 737s built? Renton WA - they will never forgive Boeing for having moved away from WA because of Union issues.