Amazon Reportedly Planting Fake Packages To Catch Drivers Who Steal

An employee unloads a truck load of Amazon.com Inc. packages

Amazon is trying to crack down on truck drivers who steal packages before they are delivered to customers. A new report from Business Insider says the online retail giant sets traps for drivers in order to "to check the integrity of the driver."

Amazon will randomly place "dummy" packages in the trucks to see if the driver will report the package or try to steal it. The packages have fake labels and are usually empty. When the driver scans the label they receive an error that says the package is not registering in Amazon's system. 

Most drivers would call their supervisor to try to fix the issue, or put the package back in their truck and return it to the warehouse at the end of their shift. However, for unethical drivers, this is a green light to steal the package because Amazon would not realize it is missing. 

"If you bring the package back, you are innocent. If you don't, you're a thug," Sid Shah, a former manager at a company that delivers packages for Amazon explained. 

Amazon did not deny the practice and said that "checks and audits are part of overall quality programs and are administered at random."

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