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EBay Sues Amazon, Alleging Criminal Conspiracy in Recruiting Sellers

Managers created fake accounts to engage the rival's vendors, according to the complaint

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The complaint says Amazon targeted eBay sellers who could 'fill holes in Amazon’s swath of product offerings.'Getty Images
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By Lisa Lacy

August 1, 2019

Ecommerce platform eBay has filed a lawsuit against three Amazon managers after it says the defendants created fake eBay member accounts to access its internal email system to “solicit many hundreds of eBay sellers.”

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Lisa Lacy

Lisa Lacy is Adweek's commerce editor.

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