Suspect a software is pirated on Mac App Store, how to report to Apple?

Just found a planetarium software on Mac App Store called "Star Chart" which its screenshots look very very similar to the free open source software "Stellarium" (http://www.stellarium.org/), even the icon is exactly the same.
The problem is this "Star Chart" is selling at around US$ 20, and I suspect someone is trying to make money from copying a free software and posting it to App Store. Is there any way that I can tell Apple to look at this?
Thanks!

Yes. There were numerous opportunities to create new accounts but I didn't want to do that. There isn't even an Apple Feedback option to complain about the lack of feedback for the Mac App Store.
You can't rid the world of criminals. But imagine if you called 911 and they told you that if you weren't the victim, then you couldn't call to report something.

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