> be distributed among the parties in cahoots: the Microsoft employee(s) involved in the scheme, the partner, and the decision maker at the purchasing entity

Fraud.

> In the government had paid $5.5 million for Microsoft licenses for hardware they did not possess

Microsoft being paid for something doesnt sound like Microsoft bribing someone.

> Qatar’s Ministry of Education was paying $9.5 million annually over seven years for Microsoft Office

Microsoft being paid for something doesnt sound like Microsoft bribing someone.

I too have a Microsoft 365 subscription that keeps autorenewing that I never use.