Former Boeing pilot found not guilty of fraud in 737 Max trial

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas jury found a former Boeing Co. pilot not guilty of deceiving his counterpart at the Federal Aviation Administration about a 737 Max flight-control system later blamed for two fatal crashes.

The jury found Mark Forkner not guilty on all four counts of wire fraud in what prosecutors described as a scheme to enrich Boeing 
BA,
-2.62%
by defrauding American Airlines Group Inc.
AAL,
-2.11%
 and Southwest Airlines Co.
LUV,
-0.44%
 of tens of millions of dollars. Each count carried a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.