Man faces 20 years for scamming DoorDash with fake deliveries

DoorDash driver pleads guilty to $2.5 million delivery fraud

A food-delivery driver has pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a scheme to steal more than $2.5 million from San Francisco-based delivery company DoorDash, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, 30, of Newport Beach, California entered his plea on Tuesday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is the third person to be convicted in connection w…

DoorDash driver helped cheat company out of $2.5 million using phantom deliveries

A Newport Beach man admitted to working with co-conspirators in an elaborate scheme to cause DoorDash to pay for deliveries that never occurred.

Man faces 20 years for scamming DoorDash with fake deliveries

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in a DoorDash scheme that defrauded the San Francisco-based food delivery company of more than $2.5 million, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, 30, of Newport Beach, pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Devagiri admitted to conspiring with others to cause DoorDash to pay for deliveries that nev…

SoCal DoorDash driver helped cheat company out of $2.5 million

Working as a DoorDash delivery driver is not an obvious path to wealth. But a Southern California man and his co-conspirators devised an elaborate ruse — involving a boatload of fake orders and manipulation of the company’s software — that netted them millions, prosecutors say. A Newport Beach man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to steal more than $2.5 million from the San Francisco-based food delivery company, officials from the U.S. at…