NEW YORK (CNN) — Amazon is paying a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the agency announced Thursday, ending a two-year dispute over allegations the company tricked consumers into signing up for its Prime subscription service and then made it hard to cancel.

As part of the agreement, Amazon will pay a $1 billion civil penalty and provide $1.5 billion in refunds to an estimated 35 million customers that were “harmed by their deceptive Prime enrollment practices,” the agency said in a press release.

The agency said this is the largest civil penalty in a case involving an FTC rule violation. It’s also the second-highest restitution award obtained by the FTC.

The settlement comes just a few days into a trial between the FTC and Amazon. The lawsuit was filed

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