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ever wonder how those food delivery app drivers seem to maybe be from another country and it's questionable of whether or not they are working legally? there are a lot of fake driver accounts that use real drivers licenses and spoofed SSNs to create them.
Nineteen Brazilian Nationals Charged in Nationwide Conspiracy to Open Fraudulent Driver Accounts at Leading Rideshare and Delivery Service Companies
Nineteen brazillian? Wow, that's a lot.
Definitely more than a billion lol.
they did create thousands of fake accounts though and advertised heavily in Brasil, offering housing and vehicles to work using these accounts while securing huge referral bonuses from creating so many accounts once they hit a certain amount of deliveries.
I had roommates involved in that in the bay area at the time, they were making anywhere between 15-50k per month off of the referral bonuses doordash was offering at the time.