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Amazon Seller Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Price Fixing

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 Ina Steiner
Amazon

The Feds came down hard on five Amazon sellers whom they said participated in a conspiracy to fix the prices of DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs sold on the Amazon marketplace. The government issued a press release on Wednesday after the Read more

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Amazon DVD Seller Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing Conspiracy

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Ina Steiner
Amazon

The government said an Amazon seller entered into and engaged in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing prices of DVDs and Blu-Ray Disks sold through Amazon. A Tennessee seller who was the first to be charged to Read more

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Amazon Seller Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing

August 1, 2016September 16, 2017 Ina Steiner

There’s a lot of talk about the “race to the bottom” in price on Amazon thanks to fierce competition in most categories. Some third-party merchants responded by colluding to limit price competition, according to the US and UK governments, which Read more

News, Security and Fraud IssuesAmazon, Price fixing, Pricing

FBI Says Amazon Sellers Used Algorithm in Price-Fixing Scheme

April 8, 2015August 21, 2017 David A Utter

The US Justice Department’s Antitrust division lauded the result of its ecommerce investigation into price fixing on Amazon Marketplace. The agency alleges that online seller David Topkins and other co-conspirators fixed pricing on certain posters sold through the Marketplace over Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Price fixing

How Amazon Benefits from Price-Fixing Settlement

March 27, 2014September 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

Amazon.com customers who purchased certain Kindle ebooks between April 1, 2010, and May 21, 2012, received a credit for future purchases on Tuesday. That’s thanks to a settlement reached between plaintiffs and five publishers in a class action lawsuit. The Read more

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Price fixing


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