Amazon execs destroyed years of evidence before FTC action, agency says
Amazon execs destroyed years of evidence before FTC action, agency says
Amazon allegedly destroyed communications, turned controversial programs on and off, and knowingly raised prices for consumers, according to unsealed documents.
It's not like they'll get charged.
When the likelihood of prosecution and punishment for destroying evidence is less than the bonus they got from amazon for destroying the evidence, it's an easy choice. There is no law if there is no enforcement.
The article doesn't spell it out but it sounds like they got rid of documents THEN the FTC requested them when they started to investigate. If so, unless getting rid of the documents broke some other law then I'm not sure what there is to enforce. If there is no law, there should be. Might be unreasonable to keep things forever but 5-10 years shouldn't be too hard for any company.