FTC vs. Genesis Tech Network: How Subscription Scammers Evade App Stores

Friends, I’d like to share a mobile-app update: the FTC has sued Genesis Tech over large-scale subscription fraud.

In brief:
— The company and an affiliate network (registered in Cyprus, operating in Ukraine) used shell companies and multiple merchant accounts to conceal revenues.
— Brands spanned fitness, PDF, fashion, etc.; five entities generated about $250M, and nearly $700M flowed through PayPal in 12 months.
— Tactics: easy to subscribe, hard to cancel — auto-renewals, hidden charges, no cancellation option.

Why it matters: it illustrates how subscription fraud evolves to bypass platform protections.

What measures by platforms and regulators would be effective?

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