PITTSBURGH — A Hazelwood man is headed to federal prison for his role in a rental car fraud scheme.
A judge sentenced Theodore Brown, 32, to four years behind bars and ordered him to pay back $550,000.
Investigators say Brown used stolen identities and credit cards from the dark web to rent cars, then re-rented those cars in Oct. 2022.
Police say some people tied to drug activity rented vehicles from him.
Investigators say this was a one-person scheme.
Brown is one of several people already convicted, including a former Avis manager and three others from the Pittsburgh area.
The total loss to the rental car company is estimated to be more than $800,000.
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