Amazon Supports Department of Justice’s Prosecution of Six Defendants Charged with Fraud, Among Others
September 18 2020 - 2:35PM
Business Wire
Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN):
What:
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of
Washington today brought charges against six individuals for
conspiracy to use a communication facility to commit commercial
bribery, conspiracy to access a protected computer without
authorization, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud.
Amazon supported this lengthy investigation and the defendants were
indicted this morning.
You can see the Indictment and related press release here:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/six-indicted-connection-multi-million-dollar-scheme-bribe-amazon-employees-and
Statement from Amazon:
Amazon is grateful to have worked with the United States
Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue
Service-Criminal Investigations, and the Department of Justice
Office of International Affairs in their thorough pursuit of this
case. We work hard to build a great experience for our customers
and sellers, and bad actors like those in this case detract from
the flourishing community of honest entrepreneurs that make up the
vast majority of our sellers.
Amazon has systems in place to detect suspicious behavior by
sellers or employees, and teams in place to investigate and stop
prohibited activity. We are especially disappointed by the actions
of this limited group of now former employees, and appreciate the
collaboration and support from law enforcement to bring them and
the bad actors they were entwined with to justice.
There is no place for fraud at Amazon and we will continue to
pursue all measures to protect our store and hold bad actors
accountable.
Amazon has an extensive history of protecting its customers from
fraud and abuse:
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https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-supports-investigation-and-prosecution-four-new-york
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https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-establishes-counterfeit-crimes-unit-bring-counterfeiters
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https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-stops-multiple-fraudulent-affiliate-marketing-schemes
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https://www.cnet.com/news/ftc-gets-11m-settlement-from-get-rich-quick-scammers-targeting-amazon/
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https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/06/amazon-is-working-with-the-ftcs-fraud-investigation-against-sellers-playbook/
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