NY Authorities Say UPS Knowingly Shipped Untaxed Cigarettes

[mitty14u2]

Source: ABC News

Authorities said Tuesday they have proof UPS knowingly shipped about 700,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes from Native American reservations to consumers and smoke shops from 2010 to 2014, even though they had agreed more than a decade ago to stop.

New York's attorney general and New York City's law department sued the Atlanta-based shipping giant in 2014, alleging that it ignored clear indications that some of its clients were shipping cigarettes and should have done more to stop the shipments. The city and state allege in their $180 million federal lawsuit that cheap cigarettes increased smoking by New Yorkers while costing $29.7 million in lost tax revenue

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Greed Rules the Day again in Corporate America, Hand Slap Future Penalty, they have figured the low fine over profit, it will be worth the trouble and a the fine will be Tax deductible like oil spill fines!

[scscholar]

1. They also ship guns

UPS needs to be put out of business.

[PoliticAverse]

2. The Postal Service ships guns also. n/t

[7962]

3. The UPS location I go to specifically states "no guns".

Along with several other items. Not that they would ever know whats in the box anyway

[scscholar]

7. Sounds like you're not going to UPS...

but instead one of stores that are branded with the name UPS Store. A couple of friends worked at the counter at UPS here in Seattle, and they quit over being forced to ship guns. Their boss made them touch boxes with guns in them!

[7962]

16. So they quit because UPS ships guns? Wow.

Must be easy to get a good job in Seattle
Are guns the only things these 2 folks dont like? Because UPS likely ships a lot of things many find "undesirable"!!

[phazed0]

11. The location you go to is likely referring to concealed carry firearms, not those to ship..

UPS: Shipping Firearms or Ammunition

They certainly allow for it and I have used it for such before.

[7962]

17. Thats a long rule!

But I wonder if they'd ever even know one was in the box, unless you bought insurance for it

[Indydem]

14. Thanks for letting everyone know...

That you have an irrational fear of guns.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. "UPS needs to be put out of business."

Poe's law

Poe's law is an Internet adage which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extreme views will be mistaken by some readers or viewers for sincere expressions of the parodied views.

Okay, I'm stumped.

[phazed0]

4. Good, now I can ship my kilo of coke...

knowing that the shipping company is responsible and not the sender. Whut!?

[mitty14u2]

6. Both and we have a Gov Agency that must do its job.

[PoliticAverse]

8. UPS has "common carrier" status, which basically means the shipping company isn't responsible...

unless they know (or "should have known&quot about the illegal status of an item being shipped.

[christx30]

12. They are going to have to train the

workers at the warehouses to be tax inspectors. And pay them more.
I used to do that work for a while.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. If USPS did this

Congress would call for it to be shut down.

[TeamPooka]

9. They're practically doing that anyway

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Very true. nt

[Indydem]

13. Wonder if UPS will suffer the same fate as Eric Garner.

After all, Eric Garner was being harassed for selling untaxed cigarettes, because the job of the police is clearly to collect taxes on cigarettes, no matter what the cost.

(My post actually has nothing to do with UPS, and is really leveled at NY state, where collecting taxes on cigarettes is paramount!)

[dembotoz]

15. i ship stuff from time to time and have never been asked if the boxes had cigs in them

and i have a casino near by......think i will go back and buy a pack of cigs and mail them to someone.....

cause a flagrant lawbreaker is just the kind of guy i am......

[christx30]

20. I just figure everyone

has a job to do. You wouldn't ask the tax authorities to carry your stuff from A to B.
Why should UPS employees to become tax agents? Or, honestly, give a crap about the problem? Any harm being done with having untaxed cigarettes is really in the abstract. A bomb, guns, hazardous materials going through the system can cause damage to people and property. Someone that can buy a pack of cigarettes for $3 instead of $15? That's not really what I would call a problem. Or, more accurately, MY problem.

[Sunlei]

18. Why won't our Government allow Native Americans to ship any LEGAL product they want?

[closeupready]

19. Remember, here on Libertarian Underground,

when it comes to intoxicating substances, civil authorities are always bad.