rideapp dispatch system - i am the driver

[u/No-Zebra466]

I am a licensed taxi driver in a small country where corruption is unfortunately normal. I work through the local ridesharing platform, which operates as Uber.

During a conversation with an individual IT engineer, he offered, in exchange for a monthly payment, to manipulate the platform’s ride-dispatch system so that I would receive preferred ride requests. RIdes of higher value or rides meeting criteria selected by me ON PRICE.

He explained that, through access to the platform’s backend, he could alter the way ride requests are allocated to my driver account.

I have not agreed to this or made any payment, or provided any account credentials. I am worried that this is also fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, manipulation of the platform’s algorithms, abuse of privileged access, and/or a scheme designed to obtain money from drivers under false pretenses.

My question first is: is it actually possible to do so seamlessly? Is this technically possible?

Best.