据GeekWire报道，亚马逊已与两名前亚马逊云科技（AWS）房地产经理达成和解，此前亚马逊指控他们在数据中心交易中收受回扣。亚马逊于10月20日告知法院，距离开庭不足两周。
Amazon has settled its lawsuit against two former Amazon Web Services real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on data centre deals, GeekWire reported. Amazon told the court on 20 October, less than two weeks before trial.
据GeekWire报道，这两名男子卡尔·纳尔逊和凯西·基施纳在一份联合声明中承认违反了亚马逊的行为准则。然而，该声明并未称这些款项为回扣，也未表示这些款项属于非法。其他条款，包括是否支付了任何款项，均属保密。
The two men, Carl Nelson and Casey Kirschner, admitted breaking Amazon’s code of conduct in a joint statement, according to GeekWire. However, the statement does not call the payments kickbacks or say they were illegal. The other terms, including whether any money was paid, are confidential.
声明称，引用GeekWire的话说：“他们为自己的行为感到后悔，为未能达到亚马逊的高标准道德规范道歉。”
“They regret their actions, apologize for failing to meet Amazon’s high ethical standards,” the statement said, as quoted by GeekWire.
为这两名男子设立公司的科罗拉多州律师罗德尼·阿瑟顿也已达成和解。TNW未见到和解文件。
A Colorado lawyer, Rodney Atherton, who set up companies for the two men, also settled. TNW has not seen the settlement filing.
亚马逊于2020年提起诉讼。亚马逊声称，这些经理在弗吉尼亚州北部的房地产交易中收受回扣，以换取将工程指派给特定开发商。纳尔逊曾接受联邦调查局（FBI）调查，但从未被起诉。
Amazon sued in 2020. It claimed the managers took kickbacks on Northern Virginia property deals in return for steering work to developers. Nelson was investigated by the FBI but never charged.
2023年，一名联邦法官驳回了大部分指控。但2025年9月，联邦上诉法院恢复了其中几项指控，包括敲诈勒索和欺诈，并将案件发回重审。
In 2023, a federal judge threw out most of the claims. But in September 2025, a federal appeals court revived several of them, including racketeering and fraud, and sent the case back for trial.
针对布赖恩·沃森及其丹佛公司Northstar Commercial Partners的诉讼仍在继续。亚马逊称，Northstar在2018年至2020年间通过支付回扣赢得了九个数据中心项目，沃森予以否认。
The case continues against Brian Watson and his Denver firm, Northstar Commercial Partners. Amazon says Northstar won nine data centre projects between 2018 and 2020 by paying kickbacks, which Watson denies.
他们的审判定于11月2日在弗吉尼亚州亚历山德里亚联邦法院开始。沃森和Northstar已请求法官强制亚马逊提交和解协议。
Their trial is due to start on 2 November in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Watson and Northstar have asked the judge to make Amazon hand over the settlement agreement.