Former Delivery Driver Pleads Guilty in $2.5M DoorDash Fraud Scheme

A former food delivery driver, Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, admitted to conspiracy in defrauding DoorDash of over $2.5 million. He used insider access to falsely mark high-value orders as delivered. Devagiri is the third to plead guilty in this scheme and faces up to 20 years in prison.

A former DoorDash delivery driver has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to fraudulently obtain over $2.5 million from the company by making false delivery claims.

Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, 30, admitted to using insider knowledge to mark non-existent orders as delivered, securing undue payments from the San Francisco-based delivery platform.

Devagiri is among four conspirators accused of orchestrating the scheme from 2020 to 2021, and he now faces a potential 20-year prison sentence. His next court date is set for September 16, 2025.

(With inputs from agencies.)