Amazon Slapped with Hefty $2.5 Billion Fine Over Deceptive Prime Subscription Tactics
American multinational technology company Amazon has been hit with a significant $2.5 billion fine by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for antitrust breaches. This penalty, which marks the largest civil fine in an FTC case, resolves a two-year-long dispute between the parties. The commission charged Amazon with allegedly misleading consumers into signing up for its Prime subscription service and subsequently making the cancellation process overly difficult.
As part of the settlement, Amazon is required to pay $1 billion in civil penalties and allocate $1.5 billion to refund approximately 35 million customers who were affected by the deceptive Prime enrollment tactics. While this is the largest penalty ever imposed on a firm in the FTC's history, it ranks as the second-largest in terms of funds recovered for victims. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson highlighted the
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