A Manhattan federal judge delivered a scathing indictment of the corporate culture at United Parcel Service, one in which employees were “willfully blind” to the illegal shipment of cigarettes and where corporate lawyers failed to put in place a meaningful compliance program until they were staring down the barrel of a lawsuit.

The 221-page ruling by Southern District Judge Katherine Forrest, could force UPS to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and penalties.

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