Government drops case accusing FedEx of illegal drug deliveries
Federal prosecutors conceded defeat Friday in their attempt to show that FedEx Corp. conspired with Internet pharmacies to deliver nonprescribed drugs, dropping the case a week into the trial. A 2014 grand jury indictment accused FedEx and a subsidiary of plotting with two pharmacy groups to distribute medications, including narcotics, to customers who had no legitimate medical need or valid prescription for the drugs. FedEx said it never knowingly delivered illegal drugs and in fact had helped the government prosecute online pharmacies whenever the company learned that it was being used for improper shipments.
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