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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago

She Made $10,000 a Month Defrauding Apps like Uber and Instacart. Meet the Queen of the Rideshare Mafia

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She Made $10,000 a Month Defrauding Apps like Uber and Instacart. Meet the Queen of the Rideshare Mafia

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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago

Priscila Barbosa came to the US with a dream of making it. Using gig-economy platforms she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one huge problem.

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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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    Also, the 20k is her fine, they gained the 790k between 20 people.
    
    Don’t know how they distributed it, but 790k for 20 people isn’t a lot of money.

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