Amazon has reached an agreement to pay out $2.5 billion in a lawsuit brought against the company by the Federal Trade Commission .

Current and former Amazon Prime members may now be entitled to a part of the settlement.

The lawsuit claims Amazon enrolled millions of consumers in Prime subscriptions without their consent and knowingly made it difficult for consumers to cancel.

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As a result, the online retail giant is required to pay $1 billion civil penalty as well as an additional $1.5 billion in refunds to customers who were “harmed by their deceptive Prime enrollment practices.”

Amazon is also required to discontinue “their deceptive Prime enrollment practices,” and “unlawful enro

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