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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Amazon.com
Current Parent Company: Amazon.com
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Penalty: $2,000,000
Year: 2021
Date: March 29, 2021
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: The District Attorneys of California's Alameda, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Yolo and Riverside Counties obtained a $2 million dollar civil judgment in a consumer protection lawsuit against e-commerce giant Amazon.com in a case alleging that the company's reference price advertisements were either misleading, or potentially misleading, to consumers making purchasing decisions.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-internet
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