Apple mysteriously drops $23 million lawsuit against recycler accused of stealing iPhones
After five years, Apple has dropped a $23 million lawsuit against recycling firm Geep Canada, with no explanation for how the alleged theft of 100,000 iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch was resolved.
While the lawsuit was not revealed until October 2020, it was in January that year that Apple filed its suit against Geep Canada. The company began recycling devices for Apple in 2014, but during an audit in 2017, Apple claimed to have discovered that Geep had failed to destroy almost 100,000 devices.
The discovery was reportedly made after Apple’s auditors visited Geep’s facility and found Apple Watches being stored in a section without security cameras.
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