The plane maker was seeking to scale back a settlement with Justice Department.

A date has been set for Boeing’s criminal fraud case involving the two fatal 737 MAX crashes. A US judge will hear the case on June 23rd and further course of action is expected to be decided then. Boeing has been embroiled in a difficult situation for several years now,

A U.S. judge on Tuesday abruptly set a June 23 trial date in the Justice Department's criminal fraud case against Boeing stemming from the planemaker's alleged misrepresentations to U.S. regulators about a key system on the 737 MAX.