Amazon will pay $2.5 billion in penalties and refunds as part of a settlement against allegations that it enrolled its customers in the Prime service without their consent, federal officials said in a Sept. 25 statement.
It means that some Amazon customers who were or are enrolled in Prime will qualify for a payment. Of the $2.5 billion amount, $1.5 billion will go directly to Prime subscribers, which will be capped at $51 per customer. The other $1 billion will be paid as a civil penalty by the company, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said.
