Bill Omar Carrasquillo, a resident of Swedesboro, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison, five years of supervised release, over $30 million in forfeiture, and over $15 million in restitution. This sentencing is the result of his involvement in a copyright infringement scheme that encompassed various illegal activities, including cable TV piracy, access device fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and significant copyright infringement.
From March 2016 to November 2019, Carrasquillo and his co-defendants operated an IPTV piracy scheme. They obtained cable TV accounts fraudulently and sold copyrighted content to their subscribers. The defendants earned over $30 million from this scheme, and Carrasquillo used his profits to purchase multiple homes and luxury vehicles. When authorities tried to seize these items, Carrasquillo attempted to hide some of them.
Carrasquillo was convicted of multiple criminal charges including conspiracy, violating copyright laws, reproduction and public performance of protected works, access device fraud, wire fraud, making false statements, money laundering, and tax evasion.
The court sentenced Carrasquillo to 66 months in prison and ordered him to pay over $10.7 million in restitution to the cable companies, over $5 million to the IRS, and forfeit more than $30 million in illegal profits from the scheme. The United States Marshal’s seized 32 cars, many of which were featured on Carrasquillo’s YouTube channel, Omi in a Hellcat.
The car collection is being auctioned off by the U.S. Marshall’s agent Apple Towing, Baltimore Maryland. Bidding on the cars started September 29th and will conclude October 13th. The auction includes:
- 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon
- 2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara
- 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
- 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
- 2019 Dodge Grand Caravan
- 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye
- 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
- 2016 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
- 2018 Dodge Durango SRT
- 2018 Ram Promaster 2500
- 2019 Ram 1500 Limited
- 2020 Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium
- 2020 BMW M8 Competition
- 2020 Bentley Continental GT V8
- 2019 Lamborghini Aventador LP740-4 S (pictured)
- 2020 Lamborghini Huracan LP 640 4 EVO
- 2015 Lamborghini Huracan LP 610 4
- 2019 Lamborghini Urus
- 2019 Acura NSX SH-AWD Sport Hybrid
- 2019 Mercedes AMG GT 63 S
- 2019 Mercedes AMG GLE 43
- Backdraft Roadster
- 2020 Audi R8 5.2 Quattri V10
- 2019 Audi A7 3.0T Quattro Prestige
- 2019 Chevrolet Camaro
- 2019 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
- 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe Police SUV
- 1996 Chevrolet Impala
- 2019 Honda Civic Type-R Touring
- 2017 Ford F-350 Super Duty Platinum
- 2016 Ford Mustang GT
- 2019 Ford Mustang Ecoboost Premium
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys and DOJ Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section Trial Attorneys. Special Assistant United States Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney also assisted with the prosecution, forfeiture, and restitution.