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- Apple is facing a lawsuit from three users who say they lost roughly $1.8 million in Bitcoin after downloading a fake Sparrow Wallet app from the App Store and entering their seed phrases into it.
- The complaint, filed July 24 in California, alleges Apple failed to adequately review apps, ranked and curated the fraudulent app, and ignored warnings and user reports about the scam.
- The legitimate Sparrow Wallet is desktop-only, and its developer says he had reported impersonating apps more than a year before the losses.
- Apple says it acted quickly to remove the impersonating apps and terminate the associated developer accounts.
What to watch next
- How the California court rules on whether Apple can be held liable for App Store fraud losses
- Whether the lawsuit succeeds in forcing Apple to change or disclose its app review and fraud-removal procedures
- Whether fraudulent Sparrow Wallet apps reappear on the App Store
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Named United States · Christopher Ellis · Jalen Delgado · James Ramirez · Sparrow Wallet · Apple · Craig Raw · MacRumors
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