DELTA Air Lines has agreed to pay US$10.5 million to resolve an investigation into allegations it defrauded the US Postal Service for transport of international mail, according to the US Department of Justice, reports New York's FreightWaves.
delta is the sixth airline to settle charges of falsely reporting information about delivery performance in order to ensure full payment under transport contracts with the postal operator.
The Postal Service hired Delta to pick up mail at six US locations and various Defence and State department locations overseas and deliver that mail to numerous destinations. Much of the mail is for US soldiers. The contract specified penalties for mail that was delivered late or to the wrong location, the Justice Department said.
The airline allegedly falsified barcode scans of mail containers delivered to Postal Service facilities or federal facilities to make it appear it was meeting requirements for on-time delivery, and ensure full payment, according to the federal allegations.
'The United States expects the air carriers with which the USPS contracts to accurately report the services they provide,' said Brian Boynton, principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Criminal Division.
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delta is the sixth airline to settle charges of falsely reporting information about delivery performance in order to ensure full payment under transport contracts with the postal operator.
The Postal Service hired Delta to pick up mail at six US locations and various Defence and State department locations overseas and deliver that mail to numerous destinations. Much of the mail is for US soldiers. The contract specified penalties for mail that was delivered late or to the wrong location, the Justice Department said.
The airline allegedly falsified barcode scans of mail containers delivered to Postal Service facilities or federal facilities to make it appear it was meeting requirements for on-time delivery, and ensure full payment, according to the federal allegations.
'The United States expects the air carriers with which the USPS contracts to accurately report the services they provide,' said Brian Boynton, principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Criminal Division.
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