SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former meals supply 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 position high-value orders after which used an worker’s credential to achieve entry to DoorDash software program and manually reassign the orders to driver accounts that he and others managed. Devagiri then triggered the fraudulent driver accounts to report that the orders had been delivered once they had not, and manipulated DoorDash’s laptop techniques to pay the fraudulent driver accounts for the nonexistent deliveries, officers stated.
Devagiri would then use DoorDash software program to alter the orders from “delivered” standing to “in course of” standing and manually reassign the orders to driver accounts he and others managed, starting the method once more, prosecutors stated.
The now-former worker within the rip-off pleaded responsible to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in November 2023 and admitted to being concerned within the scheme, prosecutors stated.
Devagiri is the third defendant to be convicted of his function on this conspiracy. He 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.