United States of America v. Thiago De Souza Prado

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with - 2 -

AFRAME, Circuit Judge. A jury convicted Thiago de Souza with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.



The case arose from a scheme to defraud rideshare and food delivery companies and, to further that

scheme, steal or misappropriate the identities of third parties.



Prado was born in Brazil. In 2003, Prado entered the United States on a tourist visa, but he is not presently authorized to be in the country. In January 2019, Prado began participating in the criminal scheme for which he was convicted. A network of Brazilian nationals living in the United States carried out the scheme by creating and using fraudulent accounts so as to permit ineligible individuals to drive for Uber, Uber Eats, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, and Grubhub. Prado was himself ineligible to drive for these companies because he had numerous disqualifying driving infractions; others were ineligible because, among other reasons, they were not legally authorized to work.

A jury convicted the Defendant.



Affirmed