Exploiting Delivery App Loopholes 1095 Free Eating...I didn't receive food. Refund
Oct 14, 2025
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The amount of damage to businesses is known to be 3.7 million yen (about 35 million won).
According to Japanese media, including the Asahi Shimbun and NHK, Takuya Higashimoto, a 38-year-old man living in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, committed the crime with a total of 124 accounts through the delivery app 'Demae-can' from April 2023.
Police said he had been unemployed for years, creating an account with a fake name and address and then hiding his trace by withdrawing within days.
Higashimoto used a method of selecting the delivery app's non-face-to-face delivery option and receiving a refund by claiming that he did not receive the food through the chat function in the app even though the food arrived.
In fact, on July 30, after ordering ice cream, lunch boxes, and chicken steaks, 16,290 yen (about 150,000 won) was refunded in the same way.
He told the police investigation that `it started off as a joke, but I was addicted to the profits of fraud and couldn't stop it," he stated.
Police explained that he purchased a number of prepaid mobile phone cards, hiding his identity, and quickly closing his account, making it difficult to track.
The delivery app 'demaekan' said it would take measures such as strengthening monitoring of fraudulent payments and the use of fake accounts.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
