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Criminal

Jun. 15, 2016

Prosecutors accuses FedEx of acting as drug courier

In opening statements, FedEx's defense attorney said the U.S. Department of Justice itself just signed a contract with the company to carry parcels.

By Tim O'Connor
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO ? It was a bite too juicy to pass up.

So the lawyer defending shipping titan FedEx Corp. against criminal charges by federal prosecutors that it was a co-conspirator with internet pill mills in trafficking illegal prescription drugs from online suppliers to customers, chomped.

As attorney Cristina C. Arguedas described the rise of the company founded in 1971 by former U.S. M...

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