CBI starts probe into Amazon cheating case, 2 Indian con artists booked

The CBI has started an investigation into the alleged defrauding of Amazon customers in the US by two Indian scam artists by planting ‘child sexual abuse material’ on the computer of unsuspecting customers and demanding money in return to safeguard them from hackers, officials said.

The agency has booked Sachitanand Tiwari and Ayush Tiwari of Subhals IT Solutions on a complaint from Amazon for cheating the customers of the e-commerce giant in the guise of being its customer service agents, the officials said.

Using a cliched modus operandi, the accused used to send a mail with Amazon logos to the customers of the e-retailer in the United States that an expensive parcel is booked for them through their accounts which will be delivered at a given non-existent address in Florida,