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Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Yahoo
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 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. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
29-04-2025
- CBS News
Eight charged in scheme to send stolen cars from NYC to West Africa
Eight men from New York City have been charged in a multi-million dollar scheme to ship stolen luxury cars to West Africa, the Bronx District Attorney's Office announced. Officials said Tuesday's announcement of the latest charges in the multi-state auto theft ring followed a nine-month investigation called "Operation High Rollers." In total, 72 cars worth $6.6 million, including a $475,000 Rolls Royce, were recovered in the operation, officials said. Bronx parking garage used as "showroom" for stolen luxury cars Investigators said the cars were stolen in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, then driven to a parking garage in the Longwood section of the Bronx, which was used as a "showroom" for buyers who paid in cash. Five of the men indicted in New York City were already charged in New Jersey, where many of the luxury cars were found in shipping containers bound for Gambia and Ghana, prosecutors said. Eleven people, including a juvenile, were charged last week in the Garden State in connection with the car theft ring. Officials previously said the owner of the parking garage on Jennings Street did not know about the stolen cars. "A new layer of danger to car theft" A $475,000 Rolls Royce was recovered in an operation taking down a luxury car theft ring in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the Bronx DA's Office said. Bronx DA's Office New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said suspects first broke into homes to steal key fobs, adding "a new layer of danger to car theft." "Auto theft is certainly not unique to New Jersey. But easy access to neighboring states, to ports and international waters make us particularly susceptible to organized theft rings," he said. "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. "My office worked with the NYPD and NJ Attorney General Platkin's office to identify and dismantle this group, and I thank them. We will not tolerate auto crime in the Bronx," DA Darcel Clark said. Two of the eight suspects indicted Tuesday were not in custody, Clark's office said.
