培训课程
苹果公司在美国诉讼中指控iPhone在中国的iPhone销售欺诈行为
- Apple was accused in a securities fraud lawsuit of concealing a slump in demand for iPhones, particularly in China, leading to a $74 billion one-day slide in its market value once the truth became known.
- The complaint filed on Tuesday seeks damages for investors who bought Apple stock in the two months before Chief Executive Tim Cook on Jan. 2 unexpectedly reduced Apple’s quarterly revenue forecast as much as $9 billion, in part because of the intensifying U.S. trade war with China.
- It was the first time since the iPhone’s 2007 launch that Apple had cut its revenue forecast.
Apple was accused in a new lawsuit of securities fraud for concealing a slump in demand for iPhones, particularly in China, leading to a $74 billion one-day slide in its market value once the truth became known.
The complaint filed on Tuesday seeks damages for investors who bought Apple stock in the two months before Chief Executive Tim Cook on Jan. 2 unexpectedly reduced Apple’s quarterly revenue forecast as much as $9 billion, in part because of the intensifying U.S. trade war with China.
It was the first time since the iPhone’s 2007 launch that Apple had cut its revenue forecast.
Apple’s share price fell 10 percent the next day, leaving the Cupertino, California-based company’s market value roughly 40 percent below its $1.1 trillion peak three months earlier.
Cook and Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri were also named as defendants in the proposed class action. Apple did not immediately respond on Wednesday to requests for comment.
The lawsuit was filed in the federal court in Oakland, California by the City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System, a Michigan pension plan.
It is represented by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, a securities class-action specialist.
The complaint said iPhone demand was falling because of U.S.-China trade tensions and customers’ growing preference to replace batteries in older iPhones, prompting Apple to slash orders from suppliers for new iPhones and cut prices to reduce inventory.
But none of this was disclosed when it should have been, the complaint said, in part because of Apple’s Nov. 1, 2018 decision to stop disclosing unit sales for iPhones.
Asked during a conference call that day about Apple’s performance in emerging markets, Cook cited downward pressures on sales in Brazil and India, but said “I would not put China in that category,” the complaint said.
The lawsuit was filed on the same day Apple settled all its litigation with Qualcomm Inc. Their disputes centered mainly on Qualcomm patents for mobile chips, and how much Apple should pay to use the technology.
The case is City of Roseville Employees’ Retirement System v Apple Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 19-02033.
- 苹果公司因涉嫌隐瞒iPhone需求下滑，特别是在中国的需求下滑而被指控，一旦事实真相，导致市值突破740亿美元。
- 周二提起的诉讼要求在1月2日首席执行官蒂姆库克意外降低苹果公司季度收入预测高达90亿美元之前两个月购买苹果股票的投资者受到损害，部分原因是美国与中国的贸易战愈演愈烈。
- 这是自2007年iPhone推出以来苹果首次削减收入预期。
全文：苹果公司的股价第二天下跌了10％，这家总部位于加利福尼亚州库比蒂诺的公司的市值比三个月前的1.1万亿美元高出约40％。
库克和首席财务官Luca Maestri也被提名为提议集体诉讼的被告。苹果周三没有立即回复评论请求。
该诉讼是在加利福尼亚州奥克兰的联邦法院通过罗斯维尔雇员退休金制度提出的，这是一项密歇根州养老金计划。
它由证券集体诉讼专家Robbins Geller Rudman＆Dowd代理。
该投诉称，由于中美贸易紧张局势以及客户越来越倾向于更换旧款iPhone中的电池，iPhone需求下降，促使苹果削减供应商订购新款iPhone并降低价格以减少库存。
但投诉称，这一切都没有披露，部分是因为苹果公司于2018年11月1日决定停止披露iPhone的销售单位。
该当天在电话会议上被问及苹果在新兴市场的表现时，库克引用了巴西和印度的销售下行压力，但表示“我不会把中国列入该类别”，投诉称。
该诉讼是在苹果公司与高通公司解决所有诉讼的同一天提起诉讼的。他们的争议主要集中在高通公司的移动芯片专利，以及苹果应该为使用该技术支付多少费用。
该案例是罗斯维尔市雇员退休系统诉Apple Inc等人，加利福尼亚州北区美国地方法院，第19-02033号。
