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A rideshare driver accused of stalking, rape and coercive control started his own driving company just days before fronting court for the charges.
Benjamin Willem Pereira, 29, of Ferny Hills stands accused of abusing two women he had picked up when driving for a rideshare company, and a third who he was in an earlier relationship with.
Pereira registered his private driving company, Transportation Me – offering packages worth as much as $800, according to its website – on November 28, 2025, three days before his first court appearance over the charges.
The website features cartoon images of a white Mercedes-Benz, the model of the car Pereira is accused of driving when he allegedly committed the offences.
A 21-year-old woman told police she exchanged social media details with a rideshare driver in a white Mercedes-Benz A45 on November 1, 2024. Later, Pereira allegedly sent her messages and threatened to attend her workplace.
She said she never met with the driver again before she reported his alleged behaviour to the police.
About six months later, a 27-year-old woman started a relationship with Pereira, police said.
He allegedly accessed her phone and threatened to assault her. When she attempted to cut the relationship off in July 2025, police allege he attended her house and sexually assaulted her.
These allegations and similar ones made by a 20-year-old woman dating back to 2020 were aired by police at a press conference on Wednesday, where they urged any other potential victims to get in touch.
“We do believe from the information that we’ve got that there probably are other women out there that have experienced this behaviour by this driver,” Senior Sergeant Robert Lowry said.
Police searched Pereira’s home in November last year, seizing mobile phones and a laptop, before charging him with one count each of rape, coercive control and using a carriage service to menace or harass and two counts of stalking.
He has since been given bail, and is next expected to appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on April 17.
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