The U.S. Marshals Service auctioned off a multi-million dollar car collection previously owned by YouTube personality Bill Omar Carrasquillo, also known as “Omi In A Hellcat.” The live auction took plac October 13th at Baltimore’s historic B&O Railroad Museum.
The auction featured ver 55 vehicles, including exotic cars such as Lamborghinis and Bentleys, as well as Jeeps and other SUVs. A preview day is scheduled for Thursday, October 12th, beginning at 11 a.m. EST. In a separate online sale, the U.S. Marshals Service is also auctioning off jewelry seized from Carrasquillo, along with items from other cases.
Earlier this year, Carrasquillo was handed a prison sentence of 5 1/2 years for his involvement in a criminal scheme that encompassed a wide array of illegal activities. “Crimes arising from a wide-ranging criminal scheme that involved piracy of cable TV, access device fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of copyright infringement,” said the U.S. Marshals Service in their press release. As part of his punishment, Carrasquillo is also subject to a $30 million forfeiture money judgment and must pay $15 million in restitution.
“As the Indictment set forth, from about March 2016 until at least November 2019, Carrasquillo along with his co-defendants operated a large-scale internet protocol television (IPTV) piracy scheme in which they fraudulently obtained cable television accounts and then resold copyrighted content to thousands of their own subscribers, who could then stream or playback content. The defendants also made fraudulent misrepresentations to banks and merchant processors in an effort to obtain merchant processing accounts. During the period of their scheme, the defendants earned more than $30 million. Carrasquillo, in particular, converted a large portion of his profits into homes and dozens of vehicles, including high-end sports cars. When agents attempted to seize those items pursuant to judicially-authorized warrants, Carrasquillo made false statements about and attempted to hide some of those vehicles, including a Freightliner recreational vehicle and a McLaren sports vehicle,” the feds said after his conviction.
This auction is part of the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture Program, aimed at disrupting and dismantling illegal enterprises. The program works by depriving criminals of the proceeds of their illegal activities, deterring future crime, and restoring property to victims. The U.S. Marshals Service plays a pivotal role in this initiative, identifying, evaluating, and efficiently managing the sale of assets seized and forfeited by the Department of Justice.