D.C. Office of the Attorney General

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As of October 2026: Plaintiff; secured $8.25 million settlement

Amazon will pay $8.25 million to settle a Washington, D.C., lawsuit over four years of slower Prime deliveries to two majority-Black ZIP codes east of the Anacostia River. The attorney general's office alleged Amazon excluded ZIP codes 20019 and 20020 from its in-house deliveries from mid-2022 to April 2026 while charging about 69,000 Prime members full price.

Updated Oct 9