Feds: Amazon Staffers Took Bribes to Prop Up Sketchy Merchants, Products Posted byMichael Kan September 21, 2020 Leave a comment on Feds: Amazon Staffers Took Bribes to Prop Up Sketchy Merchants, Products According to the indictment, the bribes went to at least 10 Amazon employees and contractors, who could reinstate merchants and products previously suspended over safety and counterfeit complaints.