UPS coughs up $5.3M over alleged Postal Service fraud

Brown tail section of UPS plane with American Airlines building in background and air containers on the tarmac.

UPS has agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million to resolve an investigation into allegations it defrauded the U.S. Postal Service for transport of international mail, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

The express delivery company falsified bar code scans of mail containers delivered to Postal Service facilities or federal facilities to make it appear it was meeting requirements for on-time delivery, and ensure full payment, according to the federal allegations. 

The Postal Service hired UPS...

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