- Insider previously found that Amazon's pace of work increases the risk of debilitating injury.Prosecutors for the Southern District of New York are investigating whether Amazon "engaged in a fraudulent scheme" to deceive lenders about injury rates at its warehouses in order to obtain credit, the Department of Justice said Wednesday.The investigation was announced on the same day federal workplace safety regulators filed four new citations against Amazon over hazards related to its pace of work, which inspectors found put workers at high risk for back, muscle, and joint injuries.A 2020 investigation by the nonprofit newsroom Reveal found that Amazon had "deceived the public" about an epidemic of injuries among its warehouse workers.An Insider investigation last year found that Amazon's pace of work wildly increases the risk of debilitating muscle and joint injuries for its more than 750,000 US warehouse workers."