Apple class action allege App Store offers malicious crypto apps

Apple class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Sandeep Kapil, Gabriela Gomez and Kim Sallen filed a class action lawsuit against Apple Inc. 
• Why: Kapil, Gomez and Sallen claim Apple authorized and maintained malicious crypto applications on its Apple App Store that caused the theft of consumers’ personal financial assets. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in California federal court. 

Apple authorized and maintained malicious crypto applications in its App Store that allowed the theft of consumers’ personal financial assets, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiffs Sandeep Kapil, Gabriela Gomez and Kim Sallen’s class action lawsuit claims Apple misrepresented that it had vetted and reviewed the crypto apps and that they were safe and secure. 

“Apple has actively represented that its App Store apps which are used for cryptocurrency trading come from approved financial institutions and comply with all applicable laws,” the Apple class action says. 

Kapil, Gomez and Sallen want to represent a nationwide class of consumers who downloaded or otherwise used crypto apps Digicoins, SolLuna or Forex5 from the Apple App Store within the relevant statutory period. 

Crypto apps on Apple App Store stole account info, class action claims

Kapil, Gomez and Sallen argue the Digicoins, SolLuna and Forex5 crypto apps are actually so-called “spoofing” programs created for the sole purpose of stealing fiat and cryptocurrency by obtaining consumers’ account information. 

“Not knowing this, and relying on Apple’s express and longstanding representations that apps from its App Store had been vetted and were safe and legally compliant, plaintiffs and class members downloaded the apps from the Apple App Store,” the class action says. 

Kapil, Gomez and Sallen claim Apple violated California’s Consumers Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition Law. 

The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and request declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of actual damages for themselves and all class members. 

A consumer filed a separate class action lawsuit against Apple, Google and several online and app casino game operators in November over claims Apple and Google assisted, promoted and profited from unlawful casino applications by offering access through their App Store and Play Store. 

Have you downloaded or used crypto apps Digicoins, SolLuna or Forex5 from the Apple App Store? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiffs are represented by Timothy G. Blood, Leslie E. Hurst, Thomas J. O’Reardon II and Adam M. Bucci of Blood Hurst & O’Reardon, LLP and Ben Barnow and Anthony L. Parkhill of Barnow and Associates, P.C. 

The Apple class action lawsuit is Kapil, et al. v. Apple Inc., Case No. 5:24-cv-09304, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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