Spartan Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 Three individuals have just received lengthy prison sentences for their involvement in a scam that defrauded Amazon out of $1.2 million. Erin and Leah Finan, a couple living in Indiana, pleaded guilty last year to running the scheme. For two years, the Finans ordered over 2,700 electronic items from Amazon including GoPro digital cameras, Xboxes, smartwatches, tablets and laptops and then reported them as damaged. Once Amazonreplaced the products, they would sell them to a third person -- Danijel Glumac -- who then sold them to a buyer in New York. In all, the Finans are said to have made around $750,000 running the scam while Glumac made approximately $500,000. US District Court Judge Tanya Pratt sentenced the three earlier this week. Erin and Leah Finan received 71- and 68-month sentences, respectively while Glumac was sentenced to 24 months in prison. "Consumer fraud not only unjustly enriches the perpetrator, it causes all of us to pay higher retail prices," US Attorney Josh Minkler said in a statement. "To those who seek to exploit the convenience of online shopping through fraud, remember this case. You will be caught. You will be prosecuted. And you will go to federal prison for a long time." The Finans created hundreds of false identities and fake accounts in order to pull off their scheme. And alongside their Amazon fraud, they also bounced checks, rented cars and failed to pay for them, sold other stolen high-end goods and withheld rent -- actions that were taken into account during sentencing. The three defendants have been ordered to pay $1,218,504 in restitution. For Amazon's part, it has begun banning customers who request too many refunds, return incorrect items or say they're returning an item for a different reason than most other customers. According to a Wall Street Journal report, this is often done without warning and without the ability to be reversed. "We want everyone to be able to use Amazon, but there are rare occasions where someone abuses our service over an extended period of time," an Amazon spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal. "We never take these decisions lightly, but with over 300 million customers around the world, we take action when appropriate to protect the experience for all our customers." Quote
Deadp0ol2 Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 mana desi gaalu kooda takkuva em kaadu ee amazon abusing lo....edo oka roju spot pedtaadu manollani kooda Quote
WHAT Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 nenu 2 b00ks, okasari camera ala chesa .... any issues Quote
Deadp0ol2 Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 Just now, WHAT said: nenu 2 b00ks, okasari camera ala chesa .... any issues already nee meeda oka kannu esi unchinattu unaadu Quote
k2s Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, Spartan said: Three individuals have just received lengthy prison sentences for their involvement in a scam that defrauded Amazon out of $1.2 million. Erin and Leah Finan, a couple living in Indiana, pleaded guilty last year to running the scheme. For two years, the Finans ordered over 2,700 electronic items from Amazon including GoPro digital cameras, Xboxes, smartwatches, tablets and laptops and then reported them as damaged. Once Amazonreplaced the products, they would sell them to a third person -- Danijel Glumac -- who then sold them to a buyer in New York. In all, the Finans are said to have made around $750,000 running the scam while Glumac made approximately $500,000. US District Court Judge Tanya Pratt sentenced the three earlier this week. Erin and Leah Finan received 71- and 68-month sentences, respectively while Glumac was sentenced to 24 months in prison. "Consumer fraud not only unjustly enriches the perpetrator, it causes all of us to pay higher retail prices," US Attorney Josh Minkler said in a statement. "To those who seek to exploit the convenience of online shopping through fraud, remember this case. You will be caught. You will be prosecuted. And you will go to federal prison for a long time." The Finans created hundreds of false identities and fake accounts in order to pull off their scheme. And alongside their Amazon fraud, they also bounced checks, rented cars and failed to pay for them, sold other stolen high-end goods and withheld rent -- actions that were taken into account during sentencing. The three defendants have been ordered to pay $1,218,504 in restitution. For Amazon's part, it has begun banning customers who request too many refunds, return incorrect items or say they're returning an item for a different reason than most other customers. According to a Wall Street Journal report, this is often done without warning and without the ability to be reversed. "We want everyone to be able to use Amazon, but there are rare occasions where someone abuses our service over an extended period of time," an Amazon spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal. "We never take these decisions lightly, but with over 300 million customers around the world, we take action when appropriate to protect the experience for all our customers." shiat man.. ikkada desi tejam missing... ee sari tellollu kottesaru prize money Quote
Deadp0ol2 Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 1 minute ago, WHAT said: nenu 2 b00ks, okasari camera ala chesa .... any issues ninna adedo taadu la unfortunate reasons tho jail lo land aithe etla anna kada...exactly itvanti situations aa ostai anukokunda oka roju....this is law of land...deeni tho manollu games aadtaaru ....future is full of surprises good and bad specially in America Quote
WHAT Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Deadp0ol2 said: ninna adedo taadu la unfortunate reasons tho jail lo land aithe etla anna kada...exactly itvanti situations aa ostai anukokunda oka roju....this is law of land...deeni tho manollu games aadtaaru ....future is full of surprises good and bad specially in America appati varaki thata undaniste chuddam le..... camera urgent ga avasram unte ekkuva rate ki konna bro.... ade camera vere site lo takkuva unde akkada order ichanu 15 days delivery undi ani 2 days lo trip kosam ani did.... okkollu pones, laptops poyinay ane paisalu 10g ru masters lo unnapudu Quote
tacobell fan Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, k2s said: shiat man.. ikkada desi tejam missing... ee sari tellollu kottesaru prize money AMA... AR bro Quote
bhaigan Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 41 minutes ago, Deadp0ol2 said: mana desi gaalu kooda takkuva em kaadu ee amazon abusing lo....edo oka roju spot pedtaadu manollani kooda konchem jhalak manaki kuda tagulthadi Quote
bhaigan Posted June 6, 2018 Report Posted June 6, 2018 28 minutes ago, WHAT said: appati varaki thata undaniste chuddam le..... camera urgent ga avasram unte ekkuva rate ki konna bro.... ade camera vere site lo takkuva unde akkada order ichanu 15 days delivery undi ani 2 days lo trip kosam ani did.... okkollu pones, laptops poyinay ane paisalu 10g ru masters lo unnapudu thatha next term kuda unde chances unnayi bhayya ippudu vellandariki chinna jhalak ayithe tagulthadi Quote
perugu_vada Posted June 7, 2018 Report Posted June 7, 2018 Nenu return chesestha if it does nlt meet expectations anthe kani ila use chesi return cheyanu Quote
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