Google Sued Over $5M in Crypto Stolen by 'Malicious' Wallet App in App Store

"The key piece of information is going to be whether Google was aware that it had a scam app operating on its app store and how long it allowed that to persist," said Andrew Dressel, a lawyer who has a specialty in crypto litigation and is not involved in the matter.

August 15, 2024 at 03:26 PM

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Cryptocurrency

By Michael A. Mora

The original version of this story was published on The Recorder

What You Need to Know

A Florida woman sued Google in a California state court.
The woman alleged that a cryptocurrency wallet app she downloaded on the Google Play Store was malicious and led to the theft of $5 million in cryptocurrency.
Her attorney said the case is part of a larger trend in which crypto is one of the key tools to con people out of their wealth or outright steal from them.

A Florida woman who downloaded an app from the Google Play Store that she believed was a cryptocurrency wallet has sued Google in a California state court after the app allegedly turned malicious and her crypto, valued in the millions, was stolen.

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