[LibWhacker]

The defendants accessed contact information for Amazon employees and customers, which they shared widely, according to authorities. Three of the people were based in New York, one in Georgia, one in California, and one was in India,

And they were all Chinese.

j/k, sorry. It's just my experience with third party sellers on Amazon, that the really bad actors are all operating out of China... Shoddy products, repackaged filthy merchandise, ridiculous return policies, slooooow deliveries, etc., are all emanating from China, with attitude.

[Cowboy Bob]

Three of the people were based in New York, one in Georgia, one in California, and one was in India,

Were these all Indians? Probably H-1B visa holders. With the Indians, it wouldn't surprise me.

[catnipman]

“Six people indicted in Amazon Marketplace bribery scheme to help third-party sellers”

just six?

it’s become increasingly difficult to find good products from 3rd party sellers on amazon that have honest reviews ...

amazon has become like a giant mideast(chinese actually) bazaar, where the primary rule is buyer-beware ... the only saving grace is that there’s zero problems returning bad merchandise to amazon for a refund ...

and that’s really the best feedback that one can give amazon regarding bad sellers and bad products, namely making amazon and the bad sellers suffer financial loss is the ultimate feedback and basically the only one that’s going to lead to corrective action ...

[I want the USA back]

The product reviews have to be given a large dose of mistrust. At best, they are a person’s personal assessment of the product, and that cannot be expected to be objective.