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Three out of four products failed. That was not an accident.

France's consumer fraud authority tested more than 600 products from seven foreign online platforms and found that 75% violated EU safety rules, with nearly half of those deemed potentially dangerous. The regulator's own word for it: structural. Not a mistake. A model.

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Amazon paid $4 million to a Telegram storefront that sold refunds like a subscription

A group called RBK built a working business out of Amazon's customer service window, charging clients 15 to 30 percent to file fraudulent refund claims on high-value electronics and keeping the goods. The machine ran for over two years before Amazon sued. The eleven people sentenced last week for a parallel operation suggest this was never a small problem.

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