Woman banned from Uber after being caught in viral video stealing from driver's tip jar

A woman has been banned from using Uber after a video of her stealing from her driver’s tip jar went viral.

Gabrielle Canales, 18, slipped her hand into the tip jar while on a ride with two friends in New York.

Looking directly at the driver’s camera, she dips her hand into the jar, grabs a handful of notes and dashes out of the vehicle.

The video was originally posted in August but went viral last weekend.

The thief has now been identified as Canales.

Posting a picture to her Instagram account, she appeared to gloat about the incident, saying she “only” took five dollars from the jar – and claimed she later returned the money to the driver.

Her Instagram account has since been deleted.

An Uber spokesman said: ‘What’s been shown has no place on our app and the rider’s access to the app has been removed.”