Excerpt: “The United States of America (the ‘Government’) respectfully submits this status report to inform the Court that the Government and The Boeing Company (‘Boeing’ or the ‘Company’) have reached an agreement in principle on the terms of a non-prosecution agreement (‘NPA’ or the ‘Agreement’). The parties are proceeding expeditiously to memorialize the terms into a written agreement. After the Agreement is finalized and signed, the Government will promptly file, with Boeing’s consent, a motion to dismiss without prejudice the pending Criminal Information, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a). The Government anticipates filing the motion by no later than the end of next week, and will include with it the Agreement … Boeing will pay or invest over $1.1 billion, consisting of: (i) a criminal monetary penalty of $487.2 million, which is the statutory maximum fine, with credit for the $243.6 million penalty the Company previously paid pursuant to the January 7, 2021 deferred prosecution agreement (‘DPA’); (ii) $444.5 million for another Crash-Victims Beneficiaries Fund, to be divided evenly by crash victim, which is in addition to the $500 million Crash-Victims Beneficiaries Fund that Boeing paid under the DPA; and (iii) $455 million to strengthen the Company’s compliance, safety, and quality programs. ” (footnotes omitted)
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