Now the online giant is paying a massive price: a record-breaking $2.5 billion settlement. That includes $1.5 billion in refunds for Prime members and another $1 billion in civil penalties. The ...
The lawsuit accused Amazon of deceiving users into signing up for its Prime service and making it difficult to cancel it.
The settlement is one of the largest in the history of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued Amazon two years ago. By Karen Weise and Cecilia Kang Reporting from Seattle and Washington Amazon ...