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A comment on Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming from 737 MAX crashes. Parent comment

Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by potsandpans on Monday July 08, 2024 @02:37AM (#40903081)
To commit criminal fraud with impunity?
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by immibis on Monday July 08, 2024 @04:22AM (#40903581)
Kind of, yes. The legal purpose of a corporate structure is that the corporation is a liability shield for the people in it.
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Re:Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge stemming ... by mminer237 on Monday July 08, 2024 @08:35AM (#40904855)
It's to provide limited financial liability for the shareholders; the actual employees don't get any. And it has nothing to do with criminal liability.
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