He posed as a Lyft driver. Picked up an off duty FBI agent. Who noticed the car wasn't registered on the app.
A man pretends to be a rideshare driver to rob passengers. Picks up an off duty FBI agent. She checks the app. The car isn't listed. She texts her partner.
He put a Lyft sticker on his windshield.
Printed at home.
Parked outside bars at midnight.
"Lyft for Sarah?"
"That's me!"
He'd drive them.
Then rob them.
Four victims in two weeks.
Night five: a woman outside a wine bar.
"Lyft for Reyes?"
"That's me."
She got in.
Checked her phone.
The app showed her real driver was three minutes away.
In a different car.
This wasn't him.
She was FBI.
Off duty.
She texted her partner.
"I'm in a fake Lyft. Tracing now."
He picked up an off duty FBI agent in his fake Lyft. She checked the app. Her real driver was three minutes away. In a different car. She texted her partner the plate. He drove three more blocks before blue lights appeared. The worst passenger selection in fake rideshare history.