Amazon’s Deal to Sell New Apple Devices Under Scrutiny by FTC

The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing a deal Amazon.com Inc. made with Apple Inc. to sell iPhones directly on its e-commerce site, signaling the agency has increased oversight of the tech giant.

John Bumstead, who sells refurbished Apple products, said in a Facebook post last month that about seven lawyers and an economist from the FTC interviewed him about the deal. He made the posting in a group of Apple resellers that complained about being forced to stop selling their refurbished products on Amazon.

The FTC and the Justice Department are ramping up scrutiny of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies. Facebook ...