Stamford Police arrested a man who allegedly stole over $700,000 by scamming DoorDash drivers in California. AielloTV reports.
The investigation into David Smith, 21, started with a report of a domestic dispute involving a gun at an apartment building in"They were searching the apartment for the firearm and noticed several stacks of loose cash around the apartment, about a hundred payment cards not in the suspect's name or the victim's name, and a couple of fake IDs," said Vanessa Lynn, an investigator with the Stamford Police Department.
Stamford Police officers found more than $700,000 stuffed inside various lockboxes - the alleged proceeds of a complex scam targeting DoorDash drivers. "When you place an order on DoorDash, the driver's information comes up and there's a way to contact them," said Lynn. "And then he would change the banking information that the DoorDash driver had on there for their direct deposits to a payment card that he had fraudulently obtained," said Lynn. In a statement, DoorDash called it"an egregious and appalling crime. We regularly remind [drivers] to keep their account information secure and ... share tips ... on how to avoid these type of attacks.
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