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Feds arrest former Amazon staff member after business reported him to FBI for fraud

Jay Feldman<span class="bp-verified-badge"></span> by Jay Feldman
October 6, 2020
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Feds arrest former Amazon staff member after business reported him to FBI for fraud
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Amazon today divulged that a previous employee has actually been detained for dedicating fraud against the online retailer. The company says it reported Vu Anh Nguyen to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in July 2020 for incorrectly releasing refunds to himself and his associates for items ordered on Amazon.com. The U.S. Dept. of Justice on Friday brought charges versus Nguyen for federal wire scams and exacerbated identity theft, according to court filings.

Nguyen was formerly employed with Amazon as a Selling Assistance Associate based in Tempe, Arizona. In this role, his job included providing support for Amazon’s third-party sellers and assisting in the production and management of seller listings using a “Spoofer” account, which allows Amazon staff members to view and modify third-party seller accounts.

From these accounts, staff members are able to by hand authorize refunds for products bought from third-party sellers, which is how the abuse took place.

In the criminal complaint, Nguyen is declared to have actually committed wire fraud between November 2019 and February 2020 by utilizing his employee access to falsely and fraudulently provide $96,50813 in refunds to himself and others. These refunds were not requested by genuine buyers. During the course of this plan, Nguyen used or triggered using interstate wires, the filing states.

The plan included approximately 318 unauthorized refunds for orders bought through eight Amazon accounts coming from Nguyen and others. These consisted of refunds for high-value products, like computer systems and electronics, none of which were ever returned to Amazon.

Nguyen likewise operated 2 third-party seller accounts, Bullsy and ItemsQuest, where refunds were released to orders he was delivering to his own house or others to which he had gained access to.

Nguyen also purchased $22204 worth of items sent out to his home as a part of this scheme, the grievance alleges, then fraudulently authorized a concession refund for the products, permitting him to essentially keep the items without paying.

In addition, on August 14, 2019, Nguyen dedicated identity theft associated with the wire fraud activities by using the name and credit card details belonging to a third-party, the FBI states. This involved an order amounting to simply $4780 for household products, like a drawer organizer and cabinet liners.

Nguyen had initially been hired by Amazon on March 4, 2019 His employment was ended on March 24, 2020, after he ignored repeated attempts by Amazon to reach him about the deceitful activity the merchant had actually spotted.

Individually from the Amazon scams case, Nguyen was the target of a Dept. of Justice/FBI investigation for a kind of securities scams known as “free-riding,” which had actually resulted in losses of approximately $695,000 throughout eight brokerage firms, the grievance notes. On the SEC.gov website’s post about the lawsuits release, however, those losses are said to have actually amounted to more than $1 million.

Amazon, in a press release issued today, keeps in mind that it has systems in location to alleviate misuse of its tools and to monitor and find suspicious habits. Amazon then reported the case to the FBI.

The seller routinely pursues investigations and suits focused on tackling scams throughout its platform. Recently, this included supporting wire scams charges versus four people who committed $19 million in a deceptive invoicing scheme targeting Amazon’s supplier system. It also this summertime released a counterfeit crime unit to tackle the growing problem with fake products offered on its market, and assisted stop several fraudulent affiliate marketing schemes.

While numerous of the fraud plans involved external celebrations, often Amazon’s own workers are included. In September, the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged six individuals with bribing Amazon staff members in exchange for restoring their prohibited products or services, an indictment alleges.

Amazon used a brief declaration on the new charges involving Nguyen.

“There is no place for misconduct or fraud at Amazon.

U.S. v. Vu Anh Nguyen by TechCrunch on Scribd

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I am an Osteopathic doctor with a love for business, traveling, and animals. I hope to give back to the community through empowering individuals to help others through media and business. I love learning new things and sharing them with the world. I hope you enjoy my page.

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