United is not obliged to pay victim compensation because the airline has agreed to a ‘global solution’ of its criminal and civil liability, the justice department said.
What United did: From 2012 to 2015, United submitted false delivery data for delivery, which it owed USPS as part of its contract, both when the airline took possession of the mailboxes and when it was delivered. United submitted automated delivery scans ‘based on aspirational delivery times’, not the actual time of collection or delivery.
“Through this data automation scheme, United has secured millions of dollars in payments from the USPS on which United has not [International Commercial Air] contracts, ”said the Department of Justice.
United admitted that he had hidden problems with the scanning and postal movements for which they would be penalized if they came to light.
United employees “knew that the data transmitted was fabricated” and that the transmission of false data violated the terms of the ICAIR contracts.
The fraud took place during a worsening crisis for the USPS, which lost $ 69 billion from 2007 to 2018.
What the watchdogs say: Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas McQuaid said United had deceived the US Postal Service by providing falsified parcel delivery information over a period of years and accepting millions of dollars in payments to which the company was not entitled.
The director of the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General, Steven Stuller, noted that USPS has contracts with commercial airlines for the protection and timely delivery of U.S. mail to foreign posts, including mail sent to our soldiers sent to foreign operating bases. . ‘