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Alibaba to pay $600M to settle allegations it allowed illegal drug and equipment sales

Headline from WHEC Rochester

Alibaba has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a dispute with the U.S. government. The company faced allegations of selling and importing illegal pharmaceuticals and equipment through its platforms, Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com. The U.S.

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  1. Green Field Reporter

    Alibaba to pay US $600M to settle allegations it allowed illegal drug and equipment sales (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chinese tech giant Alibaba will pay $600 million to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government over allegations that the Hangzhou-based firm sold and imported illegal pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, regulated chemicals, and pill-making equipment into the U.S.

  2. WHEC Rochester

    Alibaba to pay $600M to settle allegations it allowed illegal drug and equipment sales (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Alibaba has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a dispute with the U.S. government. The company faced allegations of selling and importing illegal pharmaceuticals and equipment through its platforms, Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com. The U.S.

  3. FOX Business

    DOJ says Alibaba failed to stop illegal pharmaceuticals and banned goods from reaching US buyers (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Alibaba agrees to pay $600 million after admitting it failed to prevent tens of thousands of illegal pharmaceutical sales into the United States.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Alibaba to pay $600m to settle illegal drug sales allegations in US probe (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    E-commerce giant admitted it failed to ⁠prevent 80,000 illegal drug product sales, according to US Justice Department.

  5. Quartz

    Alibaba agrees to pay $600 million to settle DOJ probe into illegal drug sales (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The Chinese e-commerce company and its U.S.-based payment processor admitted to roughly 80,000 unlawful product sales over nearly a decade

  6. UPI

    Alibaba to pay $600 million to U.S. for illegal pharmaceutical sales (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Alibaba Group will pay $600 million for allowing merchants to sell illegal pharmaceuticals, controlled substances and more in the United States.

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