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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Amazon.com, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Amazon.com
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Penalty: $2,250,000
Year: 2022
Date: January 26, 2022
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: Amazon agreed to pay $2.25 million in settlement of allegations its Sold by Amazon program was unlawful price-fixing, making agreements with third-party sellers guaranteeing certain levels of payment for sales in exchange for their agreement to stop competing with Amazon in the pricing of their products.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Washington Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Washington
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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