AG ​Bonta announced the public release of evidence clearly showing Amazon’s illegal price fixing scheme that is artificially driving up prices for Americans. In February, Attorney General Bonta filed a request for a preliminary injunction asking the San Francisco Superior Court to halt Amazon’s illegal conduct while California’s lawsuit proceeds, and today he secured a largely unredacted copy of that filing for the public. The unredacted filing paints a clear and shocking picture of specific interactions in which Amazon, vendors, and competing retailers like Target, Walmart, Chewy, Best Buy, Home Depot, and others agree to increase retail prices across their platforms, all so Amazon can maintain its profit margins at the expense of consumers.

“The evidence we’ve uncovered is clear as day: Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable. The company is price fixing, colluding with vendors and other retailers to raise costs for Americans beyond what the market requires — beyond what is fair,”- AG Bonta