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FTC lands historic $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon

Amazon has agreed to pay a record-breaking $2.5 billion FTC penalty for using "sophisticated subscription traps" to enroll people in Prime. The FTC alleges Amazon made it exceedingly hard for ... Read More

Amazon, FTC reach $2.5B settlement that Dems say is slap on wrist

The Amazon Prime logo is displayed during an Amazon Devices launch on February 26, 2025. On Thursday, Amazon and the Federal Trade Commission reached a $2.5 billion settlement. Photo by John Angelillo ... Read More

Amazon settles FTC lawsuit over Prime subscription practices for record $2.5B settlement

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit alleging it misled customers into paying for Prime subscriptions, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday. The announcement came ... Read More

Amazon to Pay Historic $2.5B FTC Settlement Over Tricking Prime Members

The Seattle-based company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties, the largest payment ever in a case involving an FTC rule violation, and $1.5 billion in refunds to affected users, the second-highest ... Read More

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle the FTC’s Prime lawsuit

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which claimed it tricked millions of customers into subscribing to Prime and made it hard to cancel. Read More

Amazon To Pay $2.5B In 'Subscription Trap' Settlement: FTC

Amazon agreed to settle the case, the FTC announced on Thursday, September 25. The settlement requires Amazon to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and return $1.5 billion to roughly 35 million consumers ... Read More

Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over ‘deceptive’ Prime practices: Who is eligible for a payout?

The company had also “knowingly made it difficult” for them to cancel, according to the FTC. “Today, we are putting billions of dollars back into Americans’ pockets, and making sure Amazon never does ... Read More

Amazon to refund millions of Prime customers in $2.5 billion FTC settlement

Amazon has agreed to pay what the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has called a "historic" $2.5 billion settlement after it was accused of manipulating customers into getting and keeping Prime ... Read More

Amazon, FTC reach $2.5B settlement that Dems say is slap on wrist

Sept. 26 (UPI) --Amazon has reached a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that is raising concerns from Democrats who say the tech giant was given a slap on the wrist. The FTC ... Read More