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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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