It happened to me. I am the developer of a joke extension [1] that got reported for abuse one too many times, and Google took my developer account off the Web Store, then they sent me an email about it [2], stating that it was breaking a policy that it simply wasn't.

I replied to them explaining the situation [3], and they reinstated my developer account (and that extension) within 4 days [4]. Still, if they had "carefully reviewed" my case and decided against me, I may have had my primary source of income (developing Chrome extensions) taken away from me because of a joke extension.

[1]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gnbchcphjnmbmknnoe...

[2]: https://gist.github.com/514ae4d858027303bc95#file_email.txt

[3]: https://gist.github.com/514ae4d858027303bc95#file_reply.txt

[4]: https://gist.github.com/514ae4d858027303bc95#file_response.t...