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Six indicted in connection with scheme to bribe Amazon employees, contractors

( September 18, 2020, 17:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Six people have been indicted with conspiring to pay more than $100,000 in commercial bribes to Amazon employees and contractors, in exchange for an unfair advantage on the Amazon Marketplace. The defendants are accused of conspiring 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. According to the indictment, since at least 2017, the defendants have used bribery and fraud to benefit merchant accounts on the Amazon Marketplace, resulting in more than $100 million of competitive benefits to those accounts, harm to competitors, and harm to consumers.Statement follows below:...

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