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53 points

Failry old news. The Wired article is long and offers nothing but verbiose language and opinion.

The Skinny:

Barbossa is a Brazilian immigrant who along with another Brazilian and a group of 17 other people, used stolen identity data to create fake Uber and Door Dash driver accounts to defraud these companies. They would sell or rent these accounts to unqualified drivers. The scheme netted them about 791,000USD. Barbossa got 3 years in prison, three years probation, and a 20,000 dollar fine.

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20k for 791k, about a 2.5% fee

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Probably have to forfeit the money on top of the fine.

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According to the article they did seize whatever they could.

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Is it really fraud to take money back from a fraudster?

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I wonder if she’s the reason why I received a 1099 tax form from Uber earlier this year, even though I’ve never driven for them.

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Why do you need special qualifications to work for Door Dash lol

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Usually, they fail the background check, don’t have a license, their car doesn’t meet requirements. Etc

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Also people without a work permit.

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