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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: United Parcel Service
Current Parent Company: United Parcel Service
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Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2015
Date: October 21, 2015
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: UPS agreed to pay $4 million to resolves multistate allegations that certain employees violated false claims act laws by recording inaccurate delivery times on packages sent via next-day delivery services by government customers. That resulted in premium-priced packages that appeared to be delivered by their guaranteed commitment times when, in fact, they were not.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Georgia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: freight and logistics
Specific Industry of Current Parent: package delivery
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