Further evidence that the violation is a fake pretext: if you had violated community standards (what a vague accusation), what does verification have to do with it? Presumably verified accounts are also held to community [1] standards.
[1] I have to take issue with the word 'community' here. These are not standards agreed upon by the broader Instagram user community, but determined entirely top-down by corporate. A more honest name for them would be "corporate rules".
Further evidence that the violation is a fake pretext: if you had violated community standards (what a vague accusation), what does verification have to do with it? Presumably verified accounts are also held to community [1] standards.
[1] I have to take issue with the word 'community' here. These are not standards agreed upon by the broader Instagram user community, but determined entirely top-down by corporate. A more honest name for them would be "corporate rules".