Area entrepreneur agrees to pay $17 million for export, smuggling violations

Eric Baird founded shipping company Access USA Shipping, then known as MyUS.com, in 1997.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 9:46 a.m. December 17, 2018
Entrepreneur Eric Baird, former owner and CEO of Sarasota-based package consolidation and shipping service Access USA Shipping, pleaded guilty to export violations.
Entrepreneur Eric Baird, former owner and CEO of Sarasota-based package consolidation and shipping service Access USA Shipping, pleaded guilty to export violations.
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SARASOTA — Entrepreneur Eric Baird, former owner and CEO of Sarasota-based package consolidation and shipping service Access USA Shipping, pleaded guilty to export violations and agreed to pay $17 million to the U.S. Department of Commerce. 

 

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