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Tom Conway, Independent Media Institute

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Americans are being bilked out of billions during this pandemic from cynical profiteers

Americans are being bilked out of billions during this pandemic from cynical profiteers

COVID-19 killed at least 115,000 Americans, infected more than 2 million others and sent the nation's unemployment rate soaring to the highest level since the Great Depression.But the pandemic hasn't been hard on everyone. For some, it's been an opportunity to fill their coffers.The crisis made Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, for example, already the world's wealthiest person, a whole lot richer. His fortune increased a whopping $36.2 billion in a mere 11 weeks as shoppers flocked to the online retailer to buy supplies.

And Bezos wasn't alone.