Roohullah Abdul-Rauof, 47, was arrested Tuesday on hundreds of charges, records showed. A South Florida business owner is facing charges after authorities found multiple stolen cars and engines in shipping containers at PortMiami that were headed to the United Arab Emirates.
Abdul-Rauof was arrested on eight counts of dealing in stolen property, eight counts of grand theft of a vehicle, four counts of grand theft, four counts of fraudulently obtaining a vehicle title or registration, 274 counts of transferring a vehicle title with no purchaser name, 20 counts of selling or transporting a vehicle without a title or with a false title, and one count of owning, operating or aiding and abetting a chop shop, according to records.
According to an arrest report, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered a 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe, a 2016 Hyundai Sonata, and a 2017 Hyundai Sonata in a shipping container on Sept. 22. All three vehicles had been stolen in Miami-Dade and were being shipped to the United Arab Emirates…