Compliance implications of Boeing $2.5B fraud settlement
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-01-08T18:08:00
Boeing has agreed to pay over $2.5 billion as part of a three-year deferred prosecution agreement entered into with the Justice Department to resolve a criminal charge related to the company’s 737 MAX scandal.
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