Amazon rigged billions in ad pricing, lawsuit from states and US watchdog alleges0

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• August 31, 2026

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan group of 22 states has filed a lawsuit alleging Amazon secretly overcharged more than a million advertising customers by manipulating online auctions it uses to set ad prices. The FTC and states say in their lawsuit filed Monday that the alleged scheme has likely netted the