by Ganesh Sahathevan
The list of Apple Pay participating banks and card issuers in the Asia-Pacific is extensive and includes some of the biggest names in the region including HSBC, OCBC, StanChart, CommBank, Citi and ANZ to name just a few. The Apple iPhone and AppleID lays at the heart of this system, and thus anything that affects the integrity of Apple's customer ID records can affect the integrity of the entire Apple Pay system, which includes the banks and card issuers who participate in the system.
The admission by Apple Support Advisors that Apple Customer ID records are false goes to the heart of the Apple Pay system and requires urgent review of the system by all participant's, and their regulators.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Apple Support Advisors in The Philippines say that Apple's documents disclosing Apple IDs are false, do not prove that Apple accounts exist -admission puts in doubt Tim Cook's financial statements, reported earnings
by Ganesh Sahathevan
Is Apple's Tim Cook culling Apple IDs in order to reduce Apple 's storage costs, so as to artificially raise consolidated gross profits?
On the face of it such a scheme would seem incredible but a simple Google search for the phrase "Apple ID Disappeared" reveals that the problem is commonplace.
This writer became aware of the issue when he was informed by Apple Support's advisors in The Philippines that his Apple ID which has been in use since 2012 and which Apple has used to bill for services, inlcuding iCloud storage,never existed.
The evidence here includes an admission by Apple Support advisors in The Philippines that Apple IDs are not proof that Apple accounts exist. This was despite the personnel concerned being provided samples of Apple documents , including Apple invoices and receipts of payments for iCloud storage.In short, Apple appears to be booking revenue for iCloud storage, while eliminating data stored, on the pretext that the related Apple IDs do not exist.
Tim Cook has already gotten Apple into trouble by overstating demand, and hence potential revenue from the China market in 2019. That debacle forced Apple to seek settlement in a USD 490 Million class action. Earlier in 2015 Apple was ordered to pay Italian tax authorities 318 Million in taxes and penalties for failing to disclose revenue earned in that country.
There does seem to be a scheme in place, inadvertently revealed by Apple Support's Advisors in The Philippines, to reduce costs and artificially raise consolidated gross profits. It might also be part of a scheme to increase costs and reduce taxable income of subsidiaries located in higher taxing jurisdictions.
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