United Parcel Service (UPS) Agrees to Pay Settlement for Online Pharmacy Shipping
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) will pay $40 million to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to settle a probe related to its shipments on behalf of illicit online pharmacies. This announcement came on March 29, 2013.
Click here to read the press release from the DOJ.
UPS and FedEx Corp., have been the targets of a federal investigation to crackdown on illegal sales of prescription drugs.
UPS Had Previous Warning of Investigation.
From 2003 to 2010, the government warned UPS that internet pharmacies were using its services to distribute controlled substances and prescription drugs, according to the […]