UPS Illegal Drug Deliveries
March 30, 2013 by staff
UPS Illegal Drug Deliveries, NEW YORK Shipping company UPS (UPS) agreed Friday to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to deliveries it made for illicit online pharmacies.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that the Atlanta-based company would also “take steps” to block illicit online drug dealers from using its delivery service.
“Good corporate citizens like UPS play an important role in halting the flow of illegal drugs that degrade our nation’s communities (sic),” said U.S. Attorney Melinda Yaag in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch on Friday.
The DOJ said the fine amount is the money UPS collected from suspect online pharmacies. UPS won’t be charged with any crime. Its biggest rival, FedEx (FDX), has also been a target of the federal investigation.
The investigation of the two companies stems from a global campaign to shutter illicit online pharmacies launched in 2005. Since then, dozens of arrests have been made and thousands of websites closed worldwide as investigators continue to broaden the probe beyond the operators.
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