
Tampa Dealer Jailed for $372K Car Scam
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Tampa Auto Dealer Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Stolen Car Scheme
A Tampa auto dealer, Mohamad Jihad Fakih, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for wire fraud and attempting to ship a stolen luxury car. He orchestrated the scam through his dealership by falsifying loan documents for buyers who never received the vehicles, netting $372,000 in loan money. The scheme also involved fake insurance filings and smuggling cars with unpaid loans out of the country. A Rolls-Royce Cullinan worth $460,000 was seized by U.S. Customs at the Port of Savannah due to fraudulent shipping papers. Fakih was ordered to forfeit the full $372,000 in illicit funds. Meanwhile, Iranian Americans in Tampa Bay celebrated unconfirmed reports of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Irans Supreme Leader.
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Tampa Bay News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Tampa Dealer Jailed for $372K Car Scam. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
In Tampa Bay, it's March 2nd. Here's what is happening. A Tampa auto dealer just got hit with a tough sentence in federal court. 27-year-old Muhammad Jihad Fahki will spend four and a half years in prison for plotting wire fraud and trying to ship out a stolen luxury car. He ran the scam through his dealership by faking loan paperwork for buyers who never actually got the vehicles. That pulled in $372,000 in loan money, which he split with his partners in crime. The plot also involved phony insurance filings and sneaking cars with unpaid loans out of the country. One big catch was a $460,000 Rolls Royce Cullinan that U.S. Customs grabbed at the Port of Savannah thanks to bogus shipping, papers. Judges made sure to hit them where it hurts, ordering Fahki to give up that $4372,000 in dirty cash. Meanwhile, Iranian Americans in the Tampa Bay area took to the streets downtown, waving flags and dancing after unconfirmed reports claim U.S. and Israeli strikes took out a
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