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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
Current Parent Company: FedEx
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $35,300,000
Year: 2019
Date: January 14, 2019
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: tax violations
Secondary Offense: excise tax violation
Violation Description: FedEx agreed to pay $35.3 million to settle three lawsuits alleging that it partnered with cigarette trafficking businesses to illegally ship hundreds of thousands of untaxed cigarettes to New Yorkers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Tennessee
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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