XRP holders whose wallets were emptied by a fake app blame Apple.
The lawsuit was filed by cybersecurity expert Hadona Diep and her associates in Federal District Court in Maryland on September 16.
Investors have lost all their funds by downloading the fake cryptocurrency wallet app to their phones. Now they claim that Apple is at fault for having this app in the AppStore and not being removed.
Diep, one of the victims, said:
“An app called Toast Plus had almost the same logo of Toast Wallet, which is known as a good wallet. I thought this was a version of this wallet app and downloaded it to my phone from the App Store in March 2020. Then I transferred my funds from Ripplex here. When I checked in August, I found that the funds were gone and my account was deleted.”
Realizing that he was scammed by a fake app, Diep’s $5,000 evaporated. Considering the rise in Ripple price, Diep’s loss seems much bigger.
Claiming that this application, which imitates another application, is on the App Store due to Apple’s fault, Diep hopes to receive compensation from Apple, along with investors who are victims like him.
Although investors find Apple safer than Android, we see fraudulent news coming from both platforms. At this point, it is recommended that investors who are interested in cryptocurrencies take their own precautions without relying on platforms and act more carefully when using their mobile phones.