The Mercury News San Francisco reported June 14 on the beginning of a federal criminal trial in which a prosecutor accused FedEx Corp. “of acting as a ‘prolific drug courier’ in delivering millions of packages of illegal drugs between 2000 and 2010.”
The story quoted Prosecutor John Hemann saying, “The motive of FedEx was to make money. …It wanted to get its money before the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration shut down the pharmacies.” The case will be decided by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, without a jury. The shipping company could face a fine of up to $1.6 billion, according to the Mercury News story.
