In 2025, Amazon tested the Stow and Pick robots to automate warehouse work. The robots perform packing and picking tasks with an accuracy of up to 91%, but they still lag behind workers in terms of speed.
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Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, a 30-year-old California resident, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He and four accomplices created fake DoorDash customer and driver accounts, placed fictitious, expensive orders, reassigned them to controlled “driver” accounts, and faked deliveries.
Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, a 30-year-old California resident, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Along with four accomplices, he created fake DoorDash customer and driver accounts, placed fictitious, expensive orders, reassigned them to controlled “driver” accounts, and faked deliveries.
The group then received money from DoorDash for nonexistent deliveries. To repeat the scheme, Devagiri would manually change the order status to “in progress” and run the scam again. Each transaction took less than 5 minutes and was repeated hundreds of times. The scam lasted from 2020 to 2021 and was uncovered by an FBI investigation. Devagiri is the third person convicted in the case after another defendant, Manaswi Mandadapu, pleaded guilty. Earlier, DoorDash employee Tyler Bottenhorn was convicted of passing confidential information to the fraudsters. Each of the defendants faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The Devagiri case demonstrates how insider access and simple manipulation can lead to multi-million dollar losses in the digital economy. Despite digital security protocols, the human factor remains a weak point for delivery platforms. The investigation is ongoing, and a verdict is expected in the coming months.
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