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He is also awaiting a second trial on corruption charges, alongside former First Lady Sarah René and others, in which Valabhji is accused of syphoning off tens of millions of dollars of Emirati-donated cash.

"Today, we are putting billions of dollars back into Americans' pockets, and making sure Amazon never does this again."

“Today, we are putting billions of dollars back into Americans’ pockets, and making sure Amazon never does this again,” said FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson in a statement.

But it has been the subject of ongoing litigation during closed-door board meeting sessions, which has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars in claims settlements.

Shortly after the equity investment, St. John “distributed over $11 million dollars to himself,” the demand letter said.