Amazon asks shoppers to cooperate with US probe of coronavirus price-gouging

Amazon.com Inc has started asking customers to cooperate with a Department of Justice criminal investigation of third-party sellers on its e-commerce marketplace, according to an email seen by Reuters.
The company is informing customers, who may have purchased products from such sellers, according to the email, which was sent by Joell Parks, a senior law enforcement response specialist at Amazon.
The company has come under pressure from lawmakers to nab sellers who have taken advantage of fears of the spreading coronavirus and engaging in price-gouging on its website.