Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Is "Likely Lying Before Congress."

Members of the House Judiciary Commission said they were considering referring the company to a "criminal investigation." According to a Reuters investigation, Amazon copied products and falsified search results in India to increase sales of its brand.

On Monday, the five-member US House of Representatives Judiciary Commission wrote to Amazon boss Andy Jasi, who replaced Bezos in July. They said Reuters' "reliable coverage" and recent articles in other news outlets "directly contradict the oaths and testimonies of top executives at Amazon — including former CEO Jeffrey Bezos."

At worst, it has demonstrated that they may have lied to Congress in violation of federal criminal law," the letter said. In an oath last year before the Judiciary committee's Antitrust Subcommittee, Bezos said the company barred employees from using data from individual sellers to manipulate Amazon's own branded product line.

At another hearing in 2019, Nate Sutton, Amazon's Associate General Counsel, said the company had never used the data to create its own branded products or manipulate search results for personal gain. The news agency claims that Amazon has a secret policy, at least in India, to manipulate search results in favor of Amazon's products and copy items from other sellers.

The Legislative Letter also cites other recent reports in Markup, the Wall Street Journal, and the Capitol Forum on Amazon's private label products and use of vendor data. Legislators have given Mr. Jassy until November 1 to produce evidence to confirm the company's previous statements and statements. The letter also stated that "it is criminally illegal to knowingly and intentionally make a materially false statement, obscure important facts, or produce false documents in response to a Congressional investigation."