People arrested for duping Amazon Company

New Delhi Oct 11: Police have arrested two people for duping e-commerce company Amazon India. They said that Shivam Chopra, 21 and his accomplice Sachin Jain, 38 were detained after a complaint was filed in June by Amazon Seller Services Private Limited.

The company in its complaint alleged that "166 orders for mobile phones were placed between April and May, which were paid through gift cards but refunds were claimed alleging that the boxes were empty and The amount was refunded to him in form of gift cards".

The company has said that "we have found that the accused used 141 phone numbers and 48 customer accounts to place these orders and a refund was sought against each of those".


Police have said that "Accused would book the phones online, would give false addresses in the locality later they would then call up the customer care of Amazon India and allege that the box was empty. Subsequently, refunds were initiated".

Police seized 19 mobile phones, Rs 12 lakh in cash, 40 bank passbooks and cheques from Shivam's house.