Google Delayed Removing Yobit Pro Scam App
Zack Abrams (via Hacker News):
Google has been served with a lawsuit from a Florida woman who claims she lost $5 million to a scam cryptocurrency app downloaded from the Google Play Store.
Though Google received a complaint about the app from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the lawsuit claims Google took three months to remove the scam app, and that at least five other users of the app had similar experiences while it was available on the store.
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Vaca’s lawsuit says she only downloaded the app because she believed Google was successfully preventing scam apps from becoming available on the Google Play store.
There were 12,759 installations of the app.
Previously:
- Collect Cards Bypassing App Review via CodePush
- Fake Bitcoin Wallet in the App Store
- App Store Continues to Host Scammy Apps
