These will include restaurants and enterprises with products suitable for e-commerce platforms, as well as informal traders with licences and certificates of acceptance.įurthermore, the collaboration will identify and place another 2 000 township-licensed liquor traders onto the Uber Eats platform, with the objective of fostering compliance within the industry. In addition, 2 000 township merchants will be on-boarded and listed on the online marketplace. The initiative is part of a strategic partnership forged with the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG), to create digital economy employment opportunities and upskill youth in e-commerce skills.Īccording to Uber Eats, the two-fold partnership seeks to recruit and contract 2 000 motorbike courier drivers, who will undertake deliveries for the Uber Eats app, for the duration of the memorandum of understanding. Uber Eats South Africa has invested R200 million to help create 10 000 jobs for youths through its last-mile delivery platform across Gauteng’s townships over the next three years. He also submitted an application to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program.Īpproximately $851,963 was taken, which Carruthers used to pay off his home mortgage, purchase a watercraft and afford personal expenses, according to the DOJ.Īlthough Carruthers claimed that each of his businesses had three to 15 employees, federal officials say they were "shell businesses" that were not in operation.Thousands of young people will be trained in e-commerce skills. Within a year, he submitted 12 applications through the Paycheck Protection Program, according to a press release. In April 2020, Carruthers began submitting applications in the names of multiple small businesses he claimed to own and control. Officials say Carruthers engaged in a scheme to obtain loans from two relief programs operated by the Small Business Administration.
Ryan Carruthers, of Commerce Township, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, according to the Department of Justice. (CBS DETROIT) - A 32-year-old man pleaded guilty to stealing about $850,000 in a COVID-19 pandemic loan fraud scheme. CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for August, 8, 2023 02:42
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