Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Defrauding Rideshare and Delivery Companies

A Brazilian national residing in Massachusetts was sentenced to 70 months in prison for using stolen identities purchased on the dark web to defraud rideshare and delivery companies.

From 2019 through April 2021, 39-year-old Thiago De Souza Prado and his accomplices conspired in the creation of fraudulent driver accounts with multiple rideshare and delivery companies. Prado and his accomplices used the stolen identities of more than 2,000 individuals in the scheme.
After using the stolen identities to create the driver …

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