"I'm here to pick up a delivery" ... Woman posing as a delivery driver takes 45,000 won worth of sashimi and flees

[Financial News] A woman who entered a restaurant, pretended to be a delivery driver and fled with packaged food was caught on CCTV, sparking public outrage.
According to JTBC's "Scandal Supervisor" and other reports on the 23rd, a theft occurred at a raw fish restaurant in Dongnae District, Busan, at around 5 p.m. on the 17th. The suspect allegedly posed as a delivery driver.
The store's CCTV footage shows a middle-aged woman casually entering the restaurant and lightly greeting an employee. She then brazenly said, "I'm here to pick up a delivery," accepted packaged food that had been set aside in one corner of the store and walked straight out.
However, shortly after the woman left, the actual delivery driver arrived in front of the restaurant on a motorcycle. Even after coming face-to-face with the real delivery driver at the entrance, she calmly left the scene.
When the delivery driver who arrived later checked the order details, the employee had already handed over the food. It was then confirmed that the woman who had arrived earlier had impersonated a driver and taken the food. The items she stole, including gizzard shad sashimi and spicy fish stew, were worth a total of 45,000 won.
The restaurant owner, identified only as A, said, "There was only one delivery order at the time, so there was no chance of confusing it with another order." The owner added, "I didn't report it to the police, but it's heartbreaking to suffer this kind of loss during an economic downturn."
After the footage was released, online critics wrote, "Doesn't the fact that she acted so naturally to avoid suspicion suggest that she does this habitually?" "It's chilling that she remained calm even after facing the real delivery driver," and "This is a shameless crime that makes self-employed business owners suffer twice."
Recently, the food-service industry has seen a series of thefts involving people posing as delivery drivers, exploiting the fact that restaurants often have difficulty checking delivery order numbers or identities one by one during busy periods. When delivery food is stolen, self-employed business owners face not only financial losses but also secondary damage, such as lower ratings caused by delivery delays when they have to prepare and resend the food. Extra caution is advised.

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