The lawsuit is the latest example of the company’s effort to crack down on fraudsters — in this case on its Google Play and YouTube platforms — by suing them directly.
Alphabet’s Google sued two people based in China it says used the company’s platforms to distribute and advertise fraudulent crypto apps. The search giant claims the alleged scammers engaged in racketeering, violating the so-called Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations statute, the federal law used to crack down on organised crime. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York Thursday morning.
Google said in the lawsuit the defendants conspired to engage in a pattern of racketeering by committing hundreds of acts of wire fraud in their wide-ranging criminal scheme. Victims of the scam poured their money into the apps, which were designed to look like crypto investments, and then found they could not withdraw their balances, according to the lawsuit. Approximately 100 000 users have downloaded the apps from Google Play, the lawsuit claimed.
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