Some Amazon customers could get cash from the retail giant as part of its $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
On Sept. 25, the FTC announced it secured the "historic" order to settle an antitrust lawsuit it filed against Amazon in 2023. The lawsuit alleged Amazon manipulated millions of consumers into enrolling for Prime subscriptions then made them extremely difficult to cancel.
Under the settlement agreement, Amazon did not admit wrongdoing but agreed to make some changes to its website. In a statement , the company said it has "always followed the law."
"We work incredibly hard to make it clear and simple for customers to both sign up or cancel their Prime membership, and to offer substantial value for our many millions of loyal Prime members around