Amazon fined $2.25M for failing to respond to identity theft victim requests

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.25 million for failing to provide records to customers who were victims of identity theft, as required by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said.

The fine, described in a proposed order, is the largest ever levied for an FCRA violation, the FTC said in a press release Tuesday. Amazon is the second-largest public company, the FTC said.