A 38-year-old man in Japan has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after exploiting loopholes in a major food delivery platform, resulting in losses exceeding 3.7 million yen (US$24,000).

日本一名38岁男子因利用一家大型外卖平台的漏洞而被捕， 涉嫌欺诈，导致损失超过370万日元（2.4万美元）。

Authorities in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, apprehended Takuya Higashimoto in early October for making 1,095 orders from a food delivery service, consuming all the food, yet managing to evade payment, according to reports from Japan Times.

据《日本时报》报道，爱知县名古屋当局于10月初逮捕了东本拓也，因其从一家外卖服务下了1095份订单， 消费了所有食物，却设法逃避支付。

His method involved selecting contactless delivery through the platform and falsely claiming via the app that the food had not arrived in order to secure refunds.

他的方法包括通过平台选择无接触配送，并通过应用程序虚假声称食物未送达，以获得退款。

One of his latest schemes occurred on July 30 when Higashimoto created a new account on the delivery app Demae-can using a fictitious name and address. Although the ice cream, bentos, and chicken steaks he ordered were delivered, he employed the app's chat feature to assert that they had not arrived, ultimately receiving a refund of 16,000 yen (US$105) the same day.

他最近的一次骗局发生在7月30日，当时东本在配送应用Demae-can上使用虚构姓名和地址创建了一个新账户。 尽管他订购的冰淇淋、便当和鸡排已送达，但他利用应用程序的聊天功能声称它们未送达， 最终于当天获得了1.6万日元（105美元）的退款。

Authorities revealed that Higashimoto, who has been unemployed for several years, operated 124 accounts on the platform to facilitate his fraudulent activities since April 2023. He typically signed up and cancelled his membership a few days later.

当局透露，东本已失业数年， 自2023年4月起在平台上操作了124个账户以方便其欺诈活动。 他通常注册后几天就取消会员资格。

His ability to remain undetected complicated efforts to trace and identify him, as he purchased numerous prepaid mobile phone cards, registered accounts with false names and addresses, and quickly cancelled them.

他保持未被发现的能力使追踪和识别他的努力复杂化，因为他购买了众多预付费手机卡， 用假名和地址注册账户，并迅速取消它们。

"At first, I just tried this trick. I couldn't stop after reaping the rewards of my fraud," Higashimoto admitted to the police.

“起初，我只是尝试了这个把戏。 在尝到欺诈的甜头后，我停不下来了，”东本向警方承认。