Amazon Gave Jobs to DOD Staff Working on Cloud Bid, Lawsuit Says

At least two Pentagon employees were offered jobs, Oracle says
Oracle files amended complaint challenging JEDI cloud contract

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By Naomi Nix

May 8, 2019 at 2:43 AM UTC

Updated on

May 8, 2019 at 6:28 PM UTC

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At least two Pentagon employees were offered jobs at Amazon.com Inc. while working on the Defense Department’s $10 billion cloud contract, a lawsuit filed by Oracle Corp. alleges.

The amended complaint, made public on Tuesday, claims Deap Ubhi, a former employee at a high-level Defense Department technology unit, helped design the cloud contract in a way that was favorable to Amazon after receiving “significant” job and bonus offers from the e-commerce giant.