Baemin strengthens prevention of rider identity theft... If caught twice, the contract will be terminated.

Woowa Youth, in charge of Baedal Minjok's logistics service, announced on the 11th that it will implement step-by-step measures to eradicate the practice of making deliveries by stealing other people's names.

Since last August, identity verification has been mandatory for riders (delivery drivers) when changing their mobile phone number, and starting next month, abnormal account use patterns will be constantly checked.

Management of delivery agency partners will also be strengthened. Since last June, we have been providing our partners with legal information and preventive education materials on a monthly basis regarding criminal background checks, license validity checks, subscription to paid transportation insurance, and prohibition of title rentals.

Starting this month, if identity theft is detected once, corrective action will be taken, and if identity theft is detected twice, the contract will be terminated.

In the first half of next year, to prevent non-payment of delivery fees, we are also planning to introduce an escrow-type 'safe settlement service' in which the bank stores the delivery fee and pays it to the rider's account.

This measure was prepared to reflect the issue of illegal foreign riders raised during the government inspection.

Representative Kim Ki-pyo of the Democratic Party of Korea pointed out during the Ministry of Justice's inspection last month that foreign students are working illegally by borrowing accounts on other people's delivery platforms.

An official from Woowa Youth said, “We will create a delivery environment that riders can trust by gradually strengthening the identity theft prevention system from registration to settlement.”