Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC’s Prime lawsuit
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The online retailer will refund $1.5 billion to subscribers to its Prime service as part of a larger settlement over claims it deceived consumers into signing up.
Amazon is on trial in Seattle after the FTC accused the retailer of tricking customers into Prime memberships and making cancellations difficult.
A jury will decide if Amazon tricked its customers into signing up for Prime and made it difficult to cancel the subscription service, as the FTC alleges.