Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5B to settle a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged that the company had duped customers into signing up for its Prime service without their consent. The e-commerce giant agreed to pay $1B in civil penalties and $1.5B in redress to consumers, according to multiple media reports that cite FTC officials involved in the case.
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