FedEx indicted for drug dealing. Not a delivery guy — the whole company.
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There might be something more interesting than a tennis ball in that FedEx package.
File that illicit drug revenue under “miscellaneous.”
That’s more or less the policy the shipping giant FedEx followed starting in the mid-aughts, according to a 15-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court in California on Thursday. According to prosecutors, the company knew the shipping services it provided to two Internet pharmacies ran afoul of the law.
“FedEx knew that it was delivering drugs to dealers and addicts,” said a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of California.
The company didn’t just deny the charges — it said that monitoring packages for illegal substances isn’t its job.
In another words: Don’t prosecute the messenger.
“We are a transportation company — we are not law enforcement,” said Patrick Fitzgerald, senior vice president for marketing and communications, in a written statement.
But according to the indictment, the company was interested enough in revenue from shady Internet pharmacies to create bureaucratic workarounds. With an eye toward employee evaluations, salespeople didn’t want the frequent closure of these pharmacies’ FedEx accounts to reflect poorly on their performance.
“I can assure you that these types of accounts will always result in a loss at some point,” said one FedEx employee wary of the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the indictment. “They have a very short lifespan and will eventually be shut down by the DEA.”
The company’s solution? According to the indictment, a “catchall” category that was not tied to yearly sales goals or specific employees. That way, company representatives could take money from fly-by-night businesses, but not be punished when, well, they flew by night.
FedEx allegedly also proved willing to hold on some pretty unusual packages.
The indictment said employees complained when “trucks had been stopped on the road by Internet pharmacy customers demanding packages of pills; delivery addresses included parking lots, schools, and vacant homes where people would wait for deliveries of drugs; customers would jump on FEDEX trucks and demand Internet pharmacy packages.”
The company’s solution? Its senior vice president of security “approved a procedure whereby Internet pharmacy packages from problematic shippers were held for pick up at specific stations,” according to the indictment.
Problem solved.
Prosecutors said the DEA, Food and Drug Administration and Congress warned FedEx as early as 2004 that it was helping distribute illegal drugs. The government is seeking more than $800 million it said FedEx earned helping dealers — and wants the company to own up to its role in the pharmaceutical black market.
“While DEA is committed to ensuring patients receive legitimate prescriptions, today’s action should send a strong message that corporations that participate in illegal activity risk investigation and prosecution,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick in a statement.
FedEx stock was down more than 1.5 percent in after-hours trading. The company is due in court on July 29.
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monitoring packages for illegal substances isn’t its job.
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sometimes that ? just gotta get there by morning
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I knew someone that worked at fed ex in the warehouse and he said sometimes especially if they had suspicion of something being in it, they would open up a random box and find weed and all sorts of ? . If it was weed they would take it. Kid always had weed. I didnt believe him but now im kind of rethinking that.
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Fed Ex AKA Pineapple Express
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? aint noth new wonder who gave dea the tip tho smh
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damn... now all those ppl who ordered that ? .... become suspects in their data base
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I work at UPS and we be set trippin on them no benefits gettin ass ? . ? fedex as a staff, shipping company and a ? crew. And if you down with the us postal service ? you too
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Yeah they going nuts out here in northern Cali...Feds shutting down websites, FedEx getting indicted, PG&E got indicted today too....
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atribecalledgabi wrote: »I work at UPS and we be set trippin on them no benefits gettin ass ? . ? fedex as a staff, shipping company and a ? crew. And if you down with the us postal service ? you too
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leftcoastkev wrote: »Yeah they going nuts out here in northern Cali...Feds shutting down websites, FedEx getting indicted, PG&E got indicted today too....
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JDSTAYWITIT. wrote: »leftcoastkev wrote: »Yeah they going nuts out here in northern Cali...Feds shutting down websites, FedEx getting indicted, PG&E got indicted today too....
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/PG-amp-E-indicted-on-12-criminal-charges-in-San-5368631.php
Back in 2010 a neighborhood blew up due to a gas leak, PG&E was negligent...there are a lot of things that got exposed after that. It's in the link. -
Lol the amount of fuckery that went on when I worked at fedex was crazy
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I also work at UPS and youd be surprised at the amount of packages we've confiscated that are full of weed. Just in my department alone.
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leftcoastkev wrote: »JDSTAYWITIT. wrote: »leftcoastkev wrote: »Yeah they going nuts out here in northern Cali...Feds shutting down websites, FedEx getting indicted, PG&E got indicted today too....
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/PG-amp-E-indicted-on-12-criminal-charges-in-San-5368631.php
Back in 2010 a neighborhood blew up due to a gas leak, PG&E was negligent...there are a lot of things that got exposed after that. It's in the link.
oh ? i remember that. if it's the right one i'm thinkin of, one of my homies at the time's dad was an attorney on that case for whatever side was against PG&E. i got many a free drink off her cuz her daddy got paaaaaiiiid off that ? -
JDSTAYWITIT. wrote: »atribecalledgabi wrote: »I work at UPS and we be set trippin on them no benefits gettin ass ? . ? fedex as a staff, shipping company and a ? crew. And if you down with the us postal service ? you too
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man that's what they ? get. no union backed ? company. now they gotta fight they own legal battles. lmaooooo teamsters>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Their defense is ? . Muhfuckas get arrested all the time for transporting drugs, they don't get to play that card.
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Yea I know people that been sending weed through fed ex since I was in high school
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atribecalledgabi wrote: »JDSTAYWITIT. wrote: »atribecalledgabi wrote: »I work at UPS and we be set trippin on them no benefits gettin ass ? . ? fedex as a staff, shipping company and a ? crew. And if you down with the us postal service ? you too
Chino XL.................................................
man that's what they ? get. no union backed ? company. now they gotta fight they own legal battles. lmaooooo teamsters>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You were supposed to say "? HIM TO!"
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? any ? in this thread repping ups. Brown ? stain ass ? !!!
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i thought they already knew what was going on???thats why so many people worked there to deliver drug packages.why you think the drugs got in the hoods?
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Lol @ the UPS/FedEx beef
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atribecalledgabi wrote: »I work at UPS and we be set trippin on them no benefits gettin ass ? . ? fedex as a staff, shipping company and a ? crew. And if you down with the us postal service ? you too
I used to work there and some people do get benefits ? a