After being found guilty of planning to steal numerous Audi and Volkswagen cars from a property located on the site of the former Pontiac Silverdome, a Farmington Hills man was given an eight-year jail sentence.
In April, Romane Porter, 47, was convicted of conspiring to carry and transporting stolen automobiles. In 2017, Porter and Daniel Onorati, his co-defendant, were charged with planning to steal 61 Audi and Volkswagen automobiles that had been recalled over the course of six months from the former Silverdome lot.
“This defendant orchestrated a large-scale conspiracy to brazenly steal recalled vehicles and sell them across state lines,” U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison stated. “This sentence reflects the seriousness with which we address fraud, and the work done to achieve the result in this case further demonstrates the strong collaboration and coordination between our local and federal law enforcement partners.”
Porter was sentenced to eight years in jail, $683,080 in restitution, and three years of supervised release.
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“The sentencing of Romane Porter sends a stark reminder that those individuals who conspire to commit fraud and theft, will face the highest penalties under the law,” Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Michigan stated. “The joint investigative work of the FBI’s Detroit Fraud & Financial Crimes Task Force, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Auto Theft unit, and the diligent prosecution from the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Michigan, disrupted an elaborate theft scheme orchestrated by this bad actor. The FBI in Michigan will continue to investigate and arrest individuals who engage in criminal acts.”
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