SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former food-delivery driver pleaded responsible to conspiring with others to steal greater than $2.5 million from DoorDash by getting the corporate to pay for deliveries that by no means occurred, federal prosecutors stated.
Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri pleaded responsible Tuesday in federal courtroom in San Jose to a single rely of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace stated.
Devagiri, 30, of Newport Seashore, California, admitted to working with three others in 2020 and 2021 to defraud the San Francisco-based supply firm, federal prosecutors stated.
Prosecutors stated Devagiri used buyer accounts to put high-value orders after which used an worker’s credential to realize entry to DoorDash software program and manually reassign the orders to driver accounts that he and others managed. He then brought on the fraudulent driver accounts to report that the orders had been delivered after they had not, and manipulated DoorDash’s pc methods to pay the fraudulent driver accounts for the nonexistent deliveries, officers stated.
Devagiri would then use DoorDash software program to vary the orders from “delivered” standing to “in process” standing and manually reassign the orders to driver accounts he and others managed, starting the method once more, prosecutors stated.
Devagiri is the third defendant to be convicted of his function on this conspiracy. Two co-defendants beforehand pleaded responsible to 1 rely of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, authorities stated.
Devagiri faces a most sentence of 20 years in jail and a high quality of $250,000. He’s scheduled to return to courtroom on Sept. 16, 2025.
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