Airlines to Pay $5.8 Million For Falsely Reporting Mail Delivery Times

Posted on November 29, 2018 by mailomg in Memo 326, Uncategorized // 0 Comments

The Justice Department announced today that British Airways Plc (BA) and Iberia Airlines (Iberia) have agreed to pay $5.8 million to resolve their liability under the False Claims Act for falsely reporting the times they transferred possession of United States mail to foreign postal administrations or other intended recipients under contracts with the United States Postal Service (USPS) … (click to read more)

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