Amazon Kindle's Createspace self-publishing arm being exploited in money laundering scam

Nicholas Fearn
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Identity theft victims left with large tax bills for e-books they never sold

Cyber criminals are impersonating people on Amazon and publishing e-books in their name as part of a money laundering scam - with the victim of identity theft stiffed with a large tax bill on the p...

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