
Amazon Sued Over Claims It Tricks Users Into Buying Prime Subscriptions That Are Hard to Cancel
Published on March 1, 2024
Amazon faces a new lawsuit over claims that it tricks users into signing up for Amazon Prime subscriptions and then uses an elaborate scheme to prevent them from unsubscribing. “For years, Amazon and its leadership have knowingly duped millions of consumers into unknowingly enrolling in its Amazon Prime service,” states the complaint, which was filed on Feb. 29 in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware by an investor, DM Cohen Inc. The plaintiff is seeking internal documents from Amazon to investigate the matter of “nonconsensual enrollment,” under rules that grant investors access to corporate records if they suspect wrongdoing....
