United Airlines to Pay $49.5 Million to Settle US International Mail Contract Probe

United Airlines to Pay $49.5 Million to Settle US International Mail Contract Probe
A United Airlines passenger jet takes off at Newark Liberty International Airport, N.J., on Dec. 6, 2019. Chris Helgren/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—United Airlines agreed to pay $49.5 million to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to fraud on Postal Service contracts for transportation of international mail, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday.

“United defrauded the U.S. Postal Service by providing falsified parcel delivery information over a period of years and accepting millions of dollars of payments to which the company was not entitled,” the Justice Department’s acting criminal division chief Nicholas L. McQuaid said.