Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5bn (£1.9bn) to resolve claims brought by the US government that it tricked millions of people into enrolling as Prime members and made it difficult to cancel.
A total of $1.5bn will go to refunds for customers that were duped into signing up for the service, according to the proposed settlement announced by Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The deal came just a few days after trial began before a jury in Seattle. It marks a major victory for the FTC, yielding the largest ever civil penalty secured by the agency.
Amazon, which did not admit or deny the allegations, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
I can hardly wait for my $3 check.
If they agreed to the punishment its not a fucking punishment
“Today, we are putting billions of dollars back into Americans’ pockets, and making sure Amazon never does this again.”
Oh, my sweet summer child.
How many orders of magnitude more profit did they make breaking the law?
They make about $54 million an hour.
