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Former AWS real estate managers, accused of taking millions in kickbacks, challenge Amazon’s motives amid FBI investigation

GeekWire

Amazon Web Services had embarked on a data center building boom to handle soaring demand as attendees gathered for its 2019 re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Eleven data center deals are now the subject of a suit by Amazon vs. two former AWS real estate managers and others. Amazon Web Services needed more capacity.

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Former Seattle entrepreneur and husband will get back most of funds seized by FBI in Amazon case

GeekWire

government that will return most of their personal funds seized by the FBI as part of an investigation into Carleton Nelson’s activities in his past role as an Amazon real estate transaction manager. This is what happened here: The FBI seized our bank accounts based on criminal allegations made by Amazon’s lawyers.

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Riveter CEO and husband dispute FBI’s seizure of their bank accounts in AWS kickback investigation

GeekWire

In a new court filing, lawyers for Seattle entrepreneur Amy Nelson and her husband contend that her salary and earnings are being unfairly held by the government as part of the FBI’s seizure last year of more than $892,000 from their bank accounts. Amy Nelson, CEO of The Riveter. Riveter Photo).

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The GeekWire Summit returns next week: Agenda released featuring Andy Jassy, Ciara and others

GeekWire

The former Hotwire and Expedia exec has not slowed down since leaving Zillow, bankrolling a handful of new ventures, launching a SPAC that acquired real estate service Opendoor, and even starting a new food-oriented social networking startup with his teenage daughter. on Tuesday, Oct.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud – Introducing the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region

All Things Distributed

In April 2017, Amazon Web Services announced that it would launch a new AWS infrastructure region Region in Sweden. We launched Edge Network locations in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Hemnet is Sweden's largest real estate listings site with more than 2.8 " Hemnet.

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Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards

The Verge

Webby Award for Financial Services & Banking : Happy Money. Webby People’s Voice Award for Financial Services & Banking : Wealthsimple Website. Webby People’s Voice Award for Media Streaming : DC Universe by WB Digital Networks - DC Universe. Webby Award for Music : Bastille - Doom Days Web AR by Powster.

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Tech Moves: AWS names first head of space policy; WeWork Labs leader joins Alexa Fund; Moz co-founder leaves board

GeekWire

Peter Marquez has joined Amazon Web Services as the first head of space policy. Warn previously spent time at Bulletproof, TigerOak Media, Expedia and MTV Networks. She previously was head of strategy and chief of staff at Daily Harvest and worked in finance at UBS Investment Bank and private equity at Abry Partners.