|January 7, 2021 at 4:21 PM EST - Updated January 7 at 6:32 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Boeing has agreed to pay more than $2.5 billion in connection to a conspiracy to defraud the FAA related to the evaluation of the company’s 737 MAX airplane, according to officials with the United States Department of Justice. Government officials said Boeing entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on Thursday in the Northern District of Texas and was charged with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. According to the Justice Department, Boeing concealed information from the FAA on the operation of the 737 Max and attempted to cover up the deception. The government states that Boeing deceived FAA evaluators of the 737 regarding a part of the aircraft which they say was essential and which pilots should have had information on.