A man dubbed the “Incognito Bandit” was sentenced in federal court in Boston last week for armed bank robbery.

Albert Taderera, 36, of Brighton, was sentenced to 34 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution of $11,561.

Taderera pleaded guilty to one count of armed bank robbery in January. He was arrested in March 2017 at Dulles International Airport in Virginia as he attempted to board an outbound flight to South Africa.

Sixteen banks were robbed in MetroWest and elsewhere around Greater Boston between February 2015 and March 2017. In most cases the robber was disguised in a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark face mask/sunglasses covering his face, dark gloves and dark clothing. In each case, the robber entered the bank and made verbal demands for the banks’ money. In most of the robberies, the robber displayed what tellers described as a black semi-automatic handgun.

All of the robberies occurred in suburban settings where banks were freestanding and featured adjacent wooded areas or foliage. After many of these robberies, witnesses observed the robber leave the bank and enter the wooded areas. Witnesses also observed the robber flee the area in a black BMW sedan. Based on these similarities, investigators believed that the individual driving the black BMW was responsible for the robberies.

Police saw a black BMW sedan with a revoked registration sitting outside a local bank and impounded the car on March 16, 2017. A few days later, an individual identifying himself as Taderera called the tow company and inquired about the status of his BMW. The tow company informed Taderera that the vehicle was in police custody. A few days later, Taderera tried to flee the country but was arrested at Dulles International Airport.