text:  Boeing's expected to plead guilty to criminal fraud as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Here's NPR's Joel Rose. The Justice Department says Boeing will plead guilty to committing fraud by misleading regulators about the safety of those two 737 MAX 8 planes and the flawed flight control system that led to those two crashes in 2018 and 2019. Under this plea deal, Boeing will pay a fine of more than $240 million and has agreed to spend upwards of $450 million on compliance and safety programs going forward.