Tag: FTC
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FTC Takes Action against DK Automation over Amazon Marketplace Scam Scheme
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against DK Automation and its owners, Kevin David Hulse and David Shawn Arnett for using unfounded claims of big returns to entice consumers into moneymaking schemes involving Amazon business packages, business coaching, and cryptocurrency. The FTC’s complaint alleges that the defendants promised consumers that they could “generate passive income on…
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Amazon will pay $61.7 million to settle claims it withheld tips from delivery workers
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, stepped down from his CEO position, shortly before the United States Federal Trade Commission announced that it was fining Amazon $61.7m, so the company could settle charges that it withheld delivery drivers’ tips paid by customers. The full announcement from the FTC is astounding. It states that Amazon regularly advertised that…