{"id":5114,"date":"2018-02-20T23:29:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ctrmcenter.com\/?p=17416"},"modified":"2018-02-20T23:29:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T17:29:04","slug":"going-off-topic-amazon-made-me-a-victim-of-tax-fraud-potential-money-laundering-and-i-want-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comtechadvisory.com\/blog\/going-off-topic-amazon-made-me-a-victim-of-tax-fraud-potential-money-laundering-and-i-want-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Off-Topic – Amazon made me a victim of tax fraud & potential money laundering and I want answers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know this topic isn\u2019t ETRM, CTRM or CM, but it is about internet security, identity theft, possible international money laundering and a corporation\u2019s responsibility to address issues caused when they enable any of the above\u2026so, bear with me\u2026it is kind of intriguing stuff. In fact, I would recommend dropping by the blog\/website of famed internet security expert Brain Krebs (krebsonsecurity.com).\u00a0 I spoke with him last week about this issue (thanks for the suggestion Mayank!) and much of what is in his blog about our conversation is repeated below\u2026but, he\u2019s a far better investigative reporter and writer than am I. \u00a0After reading his article, you may just want to skip ahead through my piece below to the bottom for my personal rant and few questions I have for Amazon. If you do business with any unit of Amazon \u2013 and really, who doesn\u2019t? \u2013 I\u2019m sure the answers would be interesting\u2026though at this point, I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ll never get those answers from them. ____________ This \u201cjourney\u201d started a couple of weeks ago when I received a 1099-misc. from Amazon\u2019s On-Demand Publishing group (aka CreateSpace) indicating that they had paid me tens of thousands of dollars in 2017. Now, as… continue reading<\/a>
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