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6 May 2020AmericasSarah Morgan

Pfizer, Alibaba, Amazon, Merck unite to fight COVID-19 fraud

Criminal investigators in the US Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center  have partnered with  Pfizer,  3M,  Citi,  Alibaba,  Amazon and  Merck & Co to combat fraud and other illegal activity related to COVID-19.

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