NYC crew accused of fencing luxury cars, shipping them to West Africa
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — An eight-man crew is accused of fencing luxury vehicles, including a $425,000 Rolly Royce, out of a Bronx garage and shipping them to West Africa, authorities said Tuesday.
The defendants allegedly stole the high-priced cars in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, and sold them out of a showroom in the Bronx before putting the vehicles on shipping containers heading overseas, prosecutors said.
The buyers inspected the cars in the Longwood garage and paid in cash before driving them out. Many of the vehicles were found in shipping containers headed to Gambia and Ghana, authorities said.
In total, 72 cars worth $6.6 million, including a 2025 $425,000 Rolly Royce, a Porshe, and Lamborghini, were fenced in a nine-month investigation called 'Operation High Rollers,' officials said.
'This case shows the sophistication and scale of today's auto theft rings — stealing luxury vehicles across state lines, fencing them in the Bronx, and shipping them overseas. These are not low-level crimes; they are part of a multimillion-dollar black market that fuels violence and instability,' NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Five of the eight defendants were arrested but all have been indicted in the scheme, prosecutors said. `They face several charges, including criminal possession of stolen property.
The defendants are:
Mamadou Camara, 29
Moussa Doumbia, 30
Arona Amadou, 35
Moubarak Djibril, 23, (not in custody)
Mohamed Kamara, 26 (arraigned on April 23 and released without bail)
Mouslim Ouedaogo, 32
Mamadi Sidibe, 24 (not in custody)
Amadou Fofana, 35,(not in custody
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She has been with PIX11 News for two years. See more of her work here.
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