O acesso aos serviços prestados pelo site exigia um convite por parte de um utilizador já registado, assim como o pagamento de uma mensalidade de 20 euros, escreve o El Mundo.

A polícia espanhola estima que os reponsáveis possam ter angariado mais de 75 mil euros, só nos primeiros seis meses do ano, mas o desenvolvimento da investigação deverá acrescentar mais informação.

Um dado que não poderá ser apurado com precisão diz respeito ao número de downloads feitos a partir do serviço, apesar das estimativas das autoridades apontarem para um “volume enorme”, já que, para assegurar a tarefa, eram utilizados oito servidores, alojados no Reino Unido, Holanda e França.

Até agora a investigação resultou na detenção de dois individuos, havendo um menor implicado.

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Last week I met with Stephan Uhrenbacher, the founder and chairman of Qype, the European startup which competes most directly with Yelp in local reviews and listings. He revealed to me some exclusive information about where Qype is now.

In Jan 2009 Qype had 8m uniques across Europe. As with Yelp, Qype members evaluate businesses, places or services such as bars, restaurants, stores, petrol stations, nurseries, doctors, pet shops or sports clubs. Today it has 17.7m uniques and the split is now: 5 million in germany, 4 million in the UK and 4 million in France. Spain is on 1m uniques. It now has reviews of 450,000 businesses in Europe from over 50,000 cities. Currently Qype has more than 10,000 businesses each month that sign up across whole network.

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