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Amazon Seller Reveals Rare Glimpse of Shadow Bribery Market

Amazon Seller Reveals Rare Glimpse of Shadow Bribery Market
Bloomberg Technology Wednesday 24 June 2026, 12:45 UTC By Spencer Soper 1 min read
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Amazon Seller Reveals Rare Glimpse of Shadow Bribery Market Middlemen lurking on message apps like WeChat offer access to company employees they say can grant favors for a price. In December, online merchant Jack Nekhala got in touch with Amazon.com Inc. with an urgent message. Nekhala told an Amazon representative that a woman he didn’t know had contacted him with an intriguing offer: She could bribe an Amazon employee to help him retrieve $90,000 in funds that the e-commerce giant had...

Amazon Seller Reveals Rare Glimpse of Shadow Bribery Market Middlemen lurking on message apps like WeChat offer access to company employees they say can grant favors for a price. In December, online merchant Jack Nekhala got in touch with Amazon.com Inc. with an urgent message. Nekhala told an Amazon representative that a woman he didn’t know had contacted him with an intriguing offer: She could bribe an Amazon employee to help him retrieve $90,000 in funds that the e-commerce giant had frozen after suspending him over an alleged violation of review policy.
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