2 Americans Plead Guilty In Multimillion-Dollar Amazon Fraud Case

Amazon Fraud Case: The Indian-American was one of the six consultants indicted in September 2020 for a fraud and bribery scheme.

Two American nationals have pleaded guilty in a case of multimillion-dollar scheme to manipulate the Marketplace platform of Amazon in which an Indian-origin former employee of the e-commerce giant was sentenced to 10 months in prison in February.

Amazon Marketplace is an e-commerce platform owned and operated by Seattle-based Amazon that enables third-party sellers to sell new or used products on a fixed-price online marketplace alongside Amazon's regular offerings.

On February 11, Indian-origin Rohit Kadimisetty, 28, of California's Northridge, was sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay a USD 50,000 fine.

Joseph Nilsen, 32, and Kristen Leccese, 33, both New York residents, pleaded guilty on Monday in US District Court in Seattle to various federal charges, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.