https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgw5yd/heres-the-email-amazon-sent-sellers-its-allegedly-screwing-over-after-ftc-filed-antitrust-lawsuit

One day after the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon for “illegally maintaining monopoly power,” the company sent its online sellers an email about the lawsuit. The email, which was obtained by Motherboard, was sent late Wednesday evening with the subject line, “The FTC’s complaint and what it means for you.”

The email denies allegations brought against Amazon in the lawsuit, which include monopolistically eating up large portions of sellers’ revenue in order to use the company’s in-house fulfillment services, the main way that sellers qualify for a Prime badge. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon has hiked these fees over time, and that sellers are effectively dependent on Amazon.