A Japanese man fooled a delivery platform into giving him free food for over two years without paying any money. He came up with a detailed plan to evade identification and suspicion, and he managed to get away with it every time.
A Japanese man conned food delivery apps into giving him free meals for over two years by executing an elaborately planned scheme. The 38-year-old was arrested in October this year after the platform got suspicious and informed the police. His fraudulent activity resulted in the company incurring losses of over 3.7 million yen (US$24,000). Takuya Higashimoto had been fooling a leading food delivery platform since April 2023, getting the food without ever having to pay a penny, Japan Times reported. He had been unemployed for several years and placed 1,095 orders in this period. His modus operandi included a host of SIM cards and fake accounts. He selected the contactless delivery option on the delivery app Demae-can and later complained that the food had not arrived. He got a refund every time while keeping the food.