Zaidhan scams Foodies out of MVR 9,000 in food delivery orders

Popular food delivery app Foodies MV has become the latest to fall victim to Zaidhan Mohamed Hashim, a serial scammer, with the delivery service reporting that he scammed them out of over MVR 9,000 in food delivery orders.

The 28-year-old with a criminal record for fraud and deceit was arrested from Male’ on May 22 for scamming Foodies by using fake bank transfer slips. The Criminal Court remanded him in custody of the police for 15 days when he was brought before a judge for his remand hearing the next day.

Representatives from Foodies told Sun on Sunday morning that Zaidhan placed 30 food orders via their app, collectively worth over MVR 9,000.

The fake bank transfer slips Foodies shared with Sun show that Zaidhan appears to have used the pseudonym ‘Hussain Nazim’ and forged bank slips to ashow transfers from a Bank of Maldives (BML) account to a Maldives Islamic Bank (MIB) account.

Each of the food orders were above MVR 400.

The slips date back to early this year.

Its not the first time for Zaidhan to be accused of scamming people out of money. Past allegations include the using a made-up company to create fake invoices.

He has been repeatedly arrested in such cases.

In February, the police made a public announcement seeking to find Zaidhan in order to enforce an order issued by the Civil Court in a fraud case.

And in 2023, the police made a public appeal asking anyone who may have fallen victim to Zaidhan to contact the police.