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PHOENIX - The largest Federal Trade Commission penalty ever has been levied, and Amazon has to pay it.

What we know:

The FTC settled with Amazon for a total of $2.5 billion for using deceptive practices centered around its Prime subscription. They allege that the company tricked people into signing up for Prime, and are now sending a strong message to all subscription services.

"This is a massive historic victory delivered for the American people," said FTC Chair Andrew N. Ferguson in an interview with Fox Business.

Ferguson told Fox Business that after years of investigation, Amazon was using "sophisticated subscription traps" designed to manipulate consumers into enrolling in Prime, and then made it exceedingly hard for them to end their subscription.

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