Anti-trust lawyers are investigating what they claim are faked consumer reviews for Amazon products, Federal Court records disclose. The Competition Bureau in a Court filing said it suspected hundreds or thousands of reviewers were paid to praise Amazon.

“Based on my review of the records and information gathered over the course of the investigation I believe that certain product reviews and star ratings on the Amazon platform are likely fake reviews,” Danielle McKenzie, a Competition Bureau lawyer, wrote in an affidavit. “Recruiters use Facebook to recruit people to make fake reviews.”