High-end car hustle crashes as couple accused of flipping luxury rides with bogus titles

A Florida hubby and woman are facing a slew of transgression charges stemming from an alleged rubric fraud strategy involving luxury vehicles being sold by their self-owned car dealership. 

Michael Anthony Lucci, 32, and Emily Marie Lucci, 30, are charged with 9 counts of making a mendacious connection successful an exertion for a measure of sale, 9 counts of possessing counterfeit conveyance rubric oregon registration, 9 counts of perjury by mendacious written declaration, 9 counts of uttering forged instruments, 1 number of racketeering and 1 number of organized fraud, according to jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital. 

The joined mates was arrested aft Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) launched an probe into their self-owned business, Luxury Auto Source successful Davie connected Jan. 21, NBC 6 reported. 

According to reports obtained by the outlet, FHP initially began looking into the couple’s concern aft they allegedly submitted fraudulent parts invoices to the section for a 2020 Nissan GT-R.

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Emily Marie Lucci, 30, is charged with 9 counts of making a mendacious connection successful an exertion for a measure of sale, 9 counts of possessing counterfeit conveyance rubric oregon registration, 9 counts of perjury by mendacious written declaration, 9 counts of uttering forged instruments, 1 number of racketeering and 1 number of organized fraud, according to jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital.  (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department)

The documentation reportedly submitted by Emily Lucci astatine a tag bureau successful adjacent Miami-Dade indicated that the concern was looking to get a certificate of title, portion including a parts invoice that claimed implicit $18,000 successful repairs to aggregate large components of the vehicle. 

However, authorities allege the invoice was fake, with the existent invoice totaling astir $1,200, the outlet reported. Additionally, the conveyance had reportedly been listed for merchantability for $94,500 – a astir $40,000 summation from its 2022 merchantability for $55,000. 

Following the alleged fraudulent invoice, FHP investigators began looking into further vehicles listed for merchantability by the couple’s business.

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Michael Anthony Lucci, 32, is charged with 9 counts of making a mendacious connection successful an exertion for a measure of sale, 9 counts of possessing counterfeit conveyance rubric oregon registration, 9 counts of perjury by mendacious written declaration, 9 counts of uttering forged instruments, 1 number of racketeering and 1 number of organized fraud, according to jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital.  (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department)

Authorities yet recovered 8 different luxury vehicles that had rebuilt Florida titles and fraudulent invoices, according to the outlet. 

The database of vehicles reportedly included a 2017 Bentley with a terms of $63,900, a 2018 BMW M3 for merchantability for $37,900, a 2022 Porsche 911 with a terms of $187,900, a 2020 Toyota Supra with a terms of $36,900, a 2022 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat for $52,900, and a 2023 Cadillac Escalade. 

The Dodge Charger allegedly possessed aggregate VINs and the centrifugal was traced backmost to a conveyance stolen retired of North Carolina, the outlet reported.

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The joined mates allegedly falsified conveyance titles from their self-owned car dealership, Luxury Auto Source, successful Davie, Florida. (iStock)

"At the decision of my review, I identified 9 vehicles presently offered for merchantability by Luxury Auto Source LLC that were titled done the submission of fraudulent oregon manipulated parts invoices to DHSMV," an researcher reportedly wrote successful the apprehension reports. 

"These vehicles represent contraband, arsenic their titles were obtained done fraudulent means. These vehicles, and perchance further vehicles sold done this dealership, contiguous a important hazard to guiltless purchasers, who whitethorn unknowingly bargain vehicles taxable to seizure and forfeiture, resulting successful some the nonaccomplishment of the conveyance and associated funds owed to their presumption arsenic contraband."

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Michael Lucci was reportedly taken into custody arsenic FHP officers executed a hunt warrant astatine the business, with Emily Lucci aboriginal turning herself successful to authorities. 

The brace were released aft some were granted $30,000 bonds, according to jailhouse records obtained by Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital was incapable to instantly find an lawyer representing some Emily and Michael Lucci. FHP did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.