Sigh. Apple comes off very poorly when you listen to that audio recording. The rep on the phone seems clueless that he is possibly causing more damage with this posture than would've happened had they just explained their side of the story and re-enabled the account.
Apple should have just told us that the account was linked to a fraudulent account so they were correct to pull the plug quickly to prevent add'l harm, and that on further review it was clear that the relationship between the accounts was not as close as the facts initially suggested. That would seem entirely reasonable to me.
That said, by not notifying both accounts it seems that problems like this are totally foreseeable. It also suggests that if a malicious actor was able to get a developer's credit card he would have a fair shot at getting an app delisted.
Apple should have just told us that the account was linked to a fraudulent account so they were correct to pull the plug quickly to prevent add'l harm, and that on further review it was clear that the relationship between the accounts was not as close as the facts initially suggested. That would seem entirely reasonable to me.
That said, by not notifying both accounts it seems that problems like this are totally foreseeable. It also suggests that if a malicious actor was able to get a developer's credit card he would have a fair shot at getting an app delisted.