https://wccftech.com/google-bans-developer-with-half-a-billion-app-downloads-from-play-store-for-alleged-fraud/

Google is fairly vigilant when it comes to the Play Store. Previously, the company had banned several apps that ‘generated’ fake IDs and even some cryptocurrency apps. It is not often that Google targets a particular developer but instead focuses on multiple apps that are in breach of the Play Store policy. Today, Google is banning a major Android developer DO Global and removing its apps from the Google Play Store after it was discovered the company was committing ad fraud.

DO Global has more than 100 apps on the Play Store that have already been removed. The remaining are expected to be gone in the coming days. DO Global also appears to have been banned from Google’s AdMob network. It means that the company is no longer allowed to market its products through Google’s mobile advertising service. Google spokesperson said in a statement to Buzzfeed: