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FedEx charges raise online pharmacy issues

By Paul Elias
Published July 26, 2014 3:32pm ET
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FedEx charges raise online pharmacy issues
File - This June 21, 2005 file photo shows a Federal Express delivery truck leaving a FedEx distribution terminal in Edwardsville, Kan. FedEx Corp. is under criminal indictment and facing $1.6 billion in penalties for allegedly failing to police the activities of illegal online pharmacies that use the shipping service to deliver prescription drugs. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) | Charlie Riedel

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — FedEx Corp., the latest company accused in a federal probe involving illegal online pharmacies, says it will fight the charges that it knowingly shipped drugs to people who lack valid prescriptions.

The company says it would have to invade the privacy of customers to stop such deliveries.

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