Amazon Fined $2.25 Million to End DOJ's Identity Theft Case
By Dean Seal
The Justice Department said Amazon.com would pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to resolve allegations that it failed to give identity theft victims requested transaction records involving potential perpetrators.
A federal judge has entered a stipulated order resolving allegations that Amazon violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to provide records, either at all or at least within 30 days of a request, of transaction records involving people believed to have fraudulently used victims' identification.
The order imposes a $2.25 million civil penalty and requires Amazon to provide those records, free of charge, within 30 days of a request, subject to verification of the victims' identity and claim of identity theft.
Amazon also has been ordered to post a notice on its website showing identity theft victims how they can request those records.
The company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 14, 2026 12:10 ET (16:10 GMT)
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