Scots takeaway customers put at risk by crime gangs who rent out courier accounts to beat safety checks

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Takeaway customers are being put at risk by crime gangs who rent out courier accounts to beat safety checks. Hundreds of drivers in Scotland for big firms such as Just Eat, Deliveroo, and Uber Eats are believed to be operating in the names of other people.

The scam allows dangerous offenders to work with the public unfettered and also leads to exploitation of other workers, who are open to being used as slave labour after being trafficked to Scotland.

Some desperate workers are having to clear the app “rent” before they earn a penny. Other workers are retaining their accounts after moving on to other jobs – and using the rental cash to supplement their earnings.A Daily Record investigation has found accounts being brazenly offered on Facebook for rent.

Couriers have also told us some workers from eastern Europe have been given rented accounts tied to bed and board – leaving them pennies for themselves at the end of a week.Our reporter was offered a Just Eat cycle account for the Clydebank area for £70 a week.