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One of the people mentioned above, who has direct knowledge of the matter, said that most American companies take such whistleblower complaints seriously because it is against the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA. The FCPA is a US law which prohibits firms and individuals from paying bribes to foreign government officials to assist in obtaining or retaining business.
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This investigation comes at a difficult time for the Indian unit. Amazon’s many ventures in India have been embroiled in what can only be described as a thousand cuts by litigation for the past several months.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but yet again, this puts Amazon into the hands of the central government.