Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission, which claimed it tricked ...
A hefty $1.5 billion of the total will go toward customer refunds for those who enrolled in Prime without their knowledge or ...
The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties — the largest fine in FTC history — and $1.5 billion to consumers ...
The deal includes a $1 billion civil penalty — the largest ever in an FTC case involving a rule violation — and $1.5 billion ...
The online retailer will refund $1.5 billion to subscribers to its Prime service as part of a larger settlement over claims ...
The company will be required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds back to an estimated 35 ...
Opening arguments for the trial in Seattle took place on Tuesday and the proceedings were expected to last a month.
The lawsuit accused Amazon of deceiving users into signing up for its Prime service and making it difficult to cancel it.
Amazon knew millions of customers were unintentionally signing up for Prime membership but did not stop them because doing so ...
The lawsuit involved claims that some users, who can get up to $51 under the deal, intended to sign up solely for a ...