L.A. restaurants face dine-and-dash scams amid COVID-19

Spoon by H restaurant is closing after months of reduced business, chargebacks and refund requests during the pandemic. It's just one of many restaurants footing the bill as diners discover new ways to dine and dash.
Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • February 23, 2021
Spoon by H, Yoonjin Hwang’s celebrated Korean restaurant in Fairfax, is closing. Business had been slow since the start of the pandemic, but last summer, Hwang said, she started to notice more people disputing charges and claiming missing items...
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