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Amazon faces escalating European Union antitrust probe into sales data

The complaint is expected to lay out investigators' evidence into Amazon's alleged misuse of merchants' data on the online sales platform

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It will also let Amazon defend itself against the charges

Bloomberg
Amazon.com faces a formal antitrust complaint from the European Union (EU), an important step in a long-running investigation that could pave the way for massive fines or changes to the company’s business model. 

EU regulators will send Amazon a so-called statement of objections in the coming weeks amid concerns the US retail giant may be shortchanging smaller merchants who sell on its marketplace, according to a person familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The complaint is expected to lay out investigators’ evidence into Amazon’s alleged misuse of merchants’ data on the online sales platform. It will