Baffled by bogus charges on your Amazon account? It may be the work of a crook's phantom gadget

Register readers confirm unseen hardware took bank cards on a joyride

Last week, we spoke to an Amazon customer who was for months plagued by unauthorized purchases from their account. It appeared a fraudster's smart TV had been quietly linked to the victim's profile – a gizmo not visible in the usual account settings and could not be removed by even Amazon's own support team.…