2024-01-04 14:33:37
A Apple reached an agreement with the plaintiffs in the proposed class action once morest the company relating to the company’s liability in fraudulent schemes involving iTunes Store gift cards. Maçã was even accused of benefiting from scams involving cards.
According to the Archyde.com, the agreement was accepted by both the company and the plaintiffs following mediation sessions — that is, before it was even judged by the judge. The terms of the negotiation are being agreed and will then be presented for approval by the magistrate.
The scams that are the subject of the action consist of several episodes in which people were coerced — often involving urgent situations, such as hospital bills — into buying gift cards. The procedure included inducing victims to pass on the codes of the gift cards for scammers, who often resold the cards or even created their own applications to make purchases with the amounts.
Apple’s potential liability lies precisely in the fact that, even with information such as where gift cards are purchased, which Apple IDs were involved and how the amounts are used, the company has not done enough (or basically nothing) to prevent the action of scammers or to have discovered and combatted any irregularity.
The company would even have continuously deposited the amounts relating to the cards into the accounts of the perpetrators of the fraud, subtracting its 30% commission. According to the United States Federal Trade Commission (Federal Trade Commissionor FTC), losses from victims who reported iTunes Store gift card scams have surpassed US$93.5 million between 2015 and 2019.
The class action lawsuit covers people who purchased iTunes Store or App Store gift cards in the US, passed the codes to scammers, and did not receive refunds from Apple between 2015 and July 31, 2020. In 2022, the judge in the case dismissed the claim of Maçã so that the action would not be accepted, understanding that it was inconceivable that the company would not recognize the company’s responsibility following the victims said they suffered the blows.
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