Indian employees at Amazon charged with bribery

SEATTLE (Diya TV) —Two former Indian employees at Amazon and four others are facing a number of federal charges in the U.S. that include taking and issuing bribes that allegedly gave some third-party merchants using Amazon’s marketplace benefits worth $100 million.

The Department of Justice says Nishad Kunju, Rohit Kadimisetty and four others conspired to commit commercial bribery and to hack computer systems. If convicted, they could face anywhere from 5 to 20 years in prison per charge.

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Ravi Kapur contributed to this report.