This is how a couple in Indiana stole $1.2 million from Amazon. via CNBCMakeIt
a Muncie, Indiana married couple to nearly six years in prison apiece for stealing more than $1.2 million in consumer electronics from e-commerce giant Amazon."Their Amazon scheme was their 'job,'" the federal government said of the Finans in its press release. "Fraud had become a way of life."
Amazon's famously friendly customer service policy allows customers to "receive a replacement before they return a broken item," in some cases, according to aAmazon keeps a close eye on customers' accounts to track any potential fraud.
. By doing this, the Finans were eventually able to sell all three Samsung smartwatches to Glumac despite only actually paying Amazon for one of the items.In total, the full value of the stolen consumer electronics reached $1.2 million in a little over two years. The Finans netted roughly $750,000 from the scheme in that period, the government said. Glumac made roughly $500,000 as the middle-man selling the items.
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