TD Bank is close to a possible guilty plea to criminal charges that its U.S. retail bank failed to curb money laundering tied to Chinese crime groups and illicit fentanyl sales, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

U.S. prosecutors have alleged that TD was reckless in failing to build and maintain systems that flagged and prevented money-laundering.

The TD Bank (TD) is close to a plea deal over criminal charges related to its U.S. retail unit's alleged failure to take steps to prevent money laundering. Read more here.

A federal judge in Texas ordered a hearing in October for the US Department of Justice to defend its criminal plea agreement with Boeing Co. over two fatal 737 Max plan crashes — a deal opposed by families of the victims.

Lawyers for Boeing and families of some people who died in two crashes of Boeing jetliners will go face to face in court next month.

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor said Friday he will hold a hearing on Oct. 11 to consider objections from relatives of those killed in two Boeing 737 MAX crashes to the planemaker's agreement to plead guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy.