ONTARIO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 8, 2024, McCune Law Group (MLG), a leading consumer rights firm specializing in Employment Law, Whistleblower Retaliation, and Class Action Litigation filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County on behalf of a plaintiff who alleges that TikTok Inc. wrongfully terminated his employment when he exposed internal practices which have allowed data security violations, fraudulent transactions, and terrorist activity to flourish across the platform.
The lawsuit alleges that in May of 2023, the plaintiff was hired by TikTok as a Fraud Strategy Expert. Within his first six months at the company as a Fraud Strategy Expert employee, he had discovered multiple instances of fraudulent activity affecting the platform's users. One significant attack involved the exchange of as much as $1,000,000 in fraudulent transactions. Upon reporting this activity, however, the Fraud Strategy expert employee was instructed only to pursue cases which posed a direct financial threat to TikTok itself.
The lawsuit goes on to allege that on October 7, 2023, Hamas' attack on Israel saw a significant spike in fraudulent activity on TikTok. The Fraud Strategy expert employee's investigations identified several accounts which were likely connected to and collecting funds for Hamas' terrorist activities. Despite the serious implications of this discovery, TikTok's response was limited; in one instance, the company even chose to expand...
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