Suspects concentrating on NYC Uber, Lyft drivers netted $30K in months-long theft spree: cops

At least three suspects focused Uber and Lyft drivers in a theft spree that netted them greater than $30,000 over a number of months, cops stated Thursday.

The “group of unidentified people” ordered Ubers and Lyfts not less than 24 occasions between July 4, 2022, and Jan. 7 of this 12 months — in every case requesting that the motive force change the vacation spot earlier than snatching their cellphone and operating out of the automotive, police stated.

With the telephones of their clutches, the crooks modified the data related to the drivers’ pay accounts — and transferred “numerous quantities of cash” to an unknown checking account, in line with cops.

Those fraudulent transactions totaled greater than $30,000, police stated. 

Cops on Wednesday evening launched video and photographs of three suspects. 

It’s unclear whether or not any further suspects have been concerned within the thefts, which spanned throughout the town.

No arrests had been made by Thursday.