It appears that Yelp Elites are making money by promoting businesses and/or leaving them reviews. https://reviewfraud.org/are-yelp-elites-being-paid-to-post-fake-reviews/
If anybody wants to watch the perfect own of Yelp, go check out Kay Dean's latest YouTube video on her Fake Review Watch channel. Within six days of her latest video, Yelp removed previously recommended fake positive reviews.
Here is proof that one business with multiple locations can have more than one GBP in the map pack.
David DeeCee Cepeda took to social media to attack a reviewer over a negative review.
https://reviewfraud.org/alpen-haus-employee-lashes-out-over-negative-review/
While Broad Nosh Bagels claims to respond to negative reviews with kindness, some of their review replies state otherwise.
https://reviewfraud.org/broad-nosh-bagels-has-an-interesting-way-to-handle-negative-reviews/
The OP posted in not one but two incorrect subreddits trying to get their account reinstated.
Fish N Fry in Bristol took legitimate online feedback and made matters worse.
Myeongdong Mud lost 790 Google reviews. Is this a bug, or working as intended?
This person posted in a subreddit for smoking foods.
Other and I are unable to see reviews when logged into a GBP
Here is the press release announcing the lawsuit. Hopefully, we will see more lawsuits in the future.
Sadly, the GBPs are still live on Google, and people are answering the phones.