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Posted on 08/15/2014 4:12:07 PM PDT by Innovative
FedEx Corp faces a new charge of conspiring to launder money in a U.S. criminal case over the company's drug deliveries for rogue online pharmacies despite warnings from law enforcement.
The latest indictment, filed in court on Friday, said FedEx accepted payment from several pharmacies when it knew the revenue was the product of invalid prescriptions.
If convicted, FedEx could face fines of up to roughly $1.6 billion.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
In the meantime the US government can't keep tons of illicit drugs like cocaine and so on from getting into the country.
Eric Holder doing a Jesse Jackson?
Earlier article (July 2014):
FedEx Accused of Conspiracy to Distribute Prescription Drugs for Online Pharmacies
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3181814/posts
“Federal Express was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging that it distributed prescription drugs and other controlled substances to people that the company knew had no prescriptions on behalf of illegal Internet pharmacies.
“We want to be clear what’s at stake here: The government is suggesting that FedEx assume criminal responsibility for the legality of the contents of the millions of packages that we pick up and deliver every day,” said Patrick Fitzgerald, a senior FedEx official. “We are a transportation company — we are not law enforcement. We have no interest in violating the privacy of our customers. We continue to stand ready and willing to support and assist law enforcement. We cannot, however, do the job of law enforcement ourselves.”
Nothing to do with the failing USPS?
How is a company charged with a crime? It says Fed X faces fines. What? No prison time for Fed X?
That was my first thought - shakedown.
Or union competitor UPS?
"It has no soul to damn and no body to kick." One of the advantages of creating such a existence. Especially, when we no longer hold the individual accountable.
Which political party does FedEx give the most in donations too......
Microsoft solved its govt problems by donating to Dems and their causes.
Hmmmmmm.
They done shook down UPS for 40million and a promise to tighten up practices (like what??). This is just a Chicago-style shakedown.
I do not know how they could possibly convict FedX for this. But I do know that for years, FedX cooperated with Federal, State and local investigators. They would cooperate by allowing access to their hubs to have drug dogs conduct sniffs of suspicious packages. They would allow use of their vehicles and uniforms to make controlled deliveries of said packages to make a bust.
I strongly suspect the Feds just put an end to that cooperation.
I can tell you from my experience as a former banker that FedGov wants business to be a law enforcement agency, and if you don’t play ball you’ll find yourself in the dock.
It doesn’t sound to me that this is about dope — it’s more like people order medications that are non-addictive, just cheaper buying it outside the US, or not available in the US, because of the excessive FDA requirements.
Now let’s not diss Jesse Jackson...
They aren’t the only folks who could get harassed like this. I think of big transportation firms — trucks, trains, cargo aircraft.
All to get some baksheesh.
When, when, when will the worm turn.
Where I live the addicts used to chase the FedEx truck each morning when it came over the bridge. Whenever the truck stopped the junkies would mob the driver demanding that he check his manifest to see if he had their delivery. FedEx, at least temporarily, stopped delivering packages for several of these shady pharmacies. This was four or five years ago.
And that’s what probably opened the door for this harassment, even though there was no proof that the shippers were still shipping the shady goods.
No good deed goes unpunished it seems.
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