Amazon writes to Piyush Goyal clarifying legal fees

In a letter to the minister for commerce and industry Piyush Goyal, Amazon said it has zero tolerance for corruption that the US online retailer has initiated an investigation into its legal representatives in India after a whistle-blower accused them of bribing government officials.

The company also clarified that it’s legal fees for fiscal ending March 2020 was Rs 52 crore and not Rs 8546 crore unlike certain news reports.

“Last week some media outlets began reporting that Amazon’s India operations spent a combined Rs 8456 crore in “legal fees” During 2019 and 2020, making these claims, the article cited “public filings” made by Amazon.. . .. the quoted amount was ,” the letter dated September 28 said.