I’m struggling to see how this actually made money. Because presumably the customer is paying for the delivery (as well as the food that was never ordered). So the fraudsters would just be paying themselves in a complicated way. My best guess is one of the following:

1. DoorDash is subsidizing orders so much that this is profitable overall (the amount they pay the driver is more than the customer pays) seems unlikely.
2. DoorDash is paying the driver multiple times but only charging the customer once. But if this was the case how was this obvious accounting issue never noticed? Shouldn’t the books come out even in the end?

This article really keeps getting better and better.

• ‘Unparalleled’ snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times
• In total, Mr Friede has endured more than 200 bites and more than 700 injections of venom he prepared from some of the world’s deadliest snakes
• He initially wanted to build up his immunity to protect himself when handling snakes, documenting his exploits on YouTube.
• he had “completely screwed up” early on when two cobra bites in quick succession left him in a coma
• I didn’t want to die. I didn’t want to lose a finger. I didn’t want to miss work
• It just became a lifestyle