Business Insider’s Emily Stewart spoke to multiple people who have confessed to stealing from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ companies out of spite.

Stewart released a report on Thursday, headlined, "The rise of the anti-Amazon avengers," documenting how numerous people are engaged in stealing from Bezos' companies. She described the mentality of such thieves as "some sort of Robin Hood-esque endeavor where they take from the rich to give to the poor, the comparatively poor being themselves."

Stewart reported these shoplifters are motivated beyond mere economic woes, often citing grievances against Bezos himself, ranging from his business practices to his recent political shifts in regard to President Donald Trump and the Washington Post. 

Bezos sparked a massive controversy within the Washington Post, which he also owns, when he refused to have it endorse a candidate during the height of the 2024 election. After President Trump won the election, Bezos sat down with the then-president-elect at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in December. In February, Bezos announced major changes to The Post’s opinion page, declaring there will be greater emphasis on "personal liberties and free markets."