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A recent FTC ruling means Amazon must pay $2.5 billion.
Amazon allegedly tricked customers into full Prime subscriptions.
Customers can receive up to $51.
If you're an Amazon Prime subscriber, you might be able to take part in a new class action suit and claim your share of a $2.5 billion settlement.
The FTC announced today that not only did Amazon trick millions of people into signing up for a Prime subscription through deceptive web pages, but it also made the cancellation process unnecessarily difficult. As a result, Amazon now has to pay a $1 billion penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds to affected consumers.
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The commission says this is the largest ever civil penalty in a case involving an FTC rule violation.
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